Today:
Venus continues its slow, inevitable decline in the western skies, visible though quite low in the west-southwest before 8 o’clock. Briefly after, near 8:15, look carefully above the blazing Venus for a last glimpse of the star Spica. Venus and Spica fight their sinking positions and the Sun’s glare into the first week of September.
Tuesday:
Because Venus is brighter than any other night time object, other than the Moon, it hangs on in terms of viewing, even though it now emerges from the twilight only about the width of your hand above the horizon. Though technically viewable through the end of the month, for practical purposes, you’ve got until its encounter with the Crescent Moon mid-month.
Wednesday:
Late this evening, rising in the east-northeast shines the waning Gibbous Moon, outshining the small cluster of stars following it up into the east, the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades. The Moon’s light will interfere with actually viewing these modestly bright stars, but a pair of binoculars will help bring them into view.