Today:
As the Moon reaches its New phase, permitting dark evening skies, it’s a good time to locate the famous but rather faint constellation, Hercules. Looking due east around 11:10 PM, and on a line between Arcturus high in the southeast and Vega in the east, you may find the “keystone” figure of stars that marks the ancient Greek hero.
Sunday:
One of the summer’s brightest stars, Antares, crests due south near 1:40 AM, marking the “heart” of the Scorpion, but also leading the Milky Way back up into the eastern skies. Look to the left of Antares, where the band of faint light belonging to our galaxy, the Milky Way, has reached more than halfway up in the east, highlighted by the stars of the Summer Triangle.
Monday:
The bare sliver of a Crescent Moon will be lowering in the west as the evening twilight sets in. Just left of the Moon, between it and the feet of the Gemini Twins, will appear Venus, blazing in its bright yellow. The fading dusk will reveal Venus between 8:30 and 8:45, after which it will lower further toward the horizon, with the Moon barely higher to its upper right. Venus will set at around 10:55 PM, the Moon doing so right after.