Today:
While “The Dog Star” Sirius shines brightly but low in the southwest, Procyon shines directly above Sirius, much higher in the southwest. Procyon appears about half way up in the skies at 9:30 PM, and is the 6th brightest star we can see. Although not quite as close as Sirius, Procyon belongs to our neighborhood of stars, being only 11 light years distant.
Sunday:
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.