Today:
For night owls, or very early risers tomorrow morning, the southeastern skies host a wonderful view of the waning Gibbous Moon, rising just minutes before midnight, joined shortly later by the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion, to the lower left of the Moon. They remain low in the southeast, Antares cresting due south at 4:20 AM, and then toward the southwest as twilight brightens after 5:15 AM.
Monday:
Not only is Orion lowering into the west more and more with each passing evening, but the Milky Way is also dropping nearer the horizon. Its faint light makes it difficult to see near the horizon through the thicker part of the atmosphere, and it will remain obscure in the evenings until summer. For a summer preview, you can see the Milky Way rising in the wee hours of the morning, at around 2:30 AM.
Tuesday:
Night owls can see the waning Gibbous Moon rise in the southeast at around 2:20 AM. As the moon then travels low in the southern sky, it will do so just ahead the constellation Sagittarius, to Moon’s left. Tomorrow night the Moon will rise about a half hour later, this time squarely within that part of Sagittarius known as the Teapot.