Today:
This evening the moon will sink in the west-southwest, and will remain just above the horizon at 8:50 PM. Prior to this, the gathering dusk will reveal the so-called Evening Star, Venus, hovering slightly above the Moon, into its left. The two are overseen by a true star, the pale-orange and bright Arcturus, which appears about halfway up.
Sunday:
Flanked to its upper-left by Spica, and to its right by Venus, a waxing Crescent Moon slides low above the horizon in the west-southwest this evening, with the tips of its horns nearly vertical. It thus appears that the Moon cannot “hold water”, and further gives us the weather saying, “when the Moon cannot hold water, expect rain.
Monday:
A low, level view to the southwest shows that the Crescent Moon is now to Spica’s left, The two will intially separate further, and won’t rendezvous again until the predawn hours in November and December. Spica is one of four bright stars the Moon tracks near each month, but the timing, and the Moon’s phase changes as the Earth’s orbit changes our viewing location.