Today:
Quite prominent in the south this evening, the Waxing Gibbous Moon will appear to be hitching a ride within the constellation Libra, Libra’s scales perhaps a little out of balance, since the constellation looks like it’s lying on it’s side. The Moon will set in the southwest at around 1:15 AM, with Libra not setting fully until around 2:40 AM.
Sunday:
The Moon again appears in the south this evening, but it has shifted away from Libra, and much closer to Scorpius. The Moon lies very close to a start with Scorpius, the star know alternatives as Fang, or Pi Scorpii. In fact the Moon will move directly in front of this star later tonight, the so-called occultation occurring at around 1:00 AM.
Monday:
Today is the “seventh day of the seventh Moon” – moons being months – and is the traditional day for cultures in the Far East to celebrate the story of the Goddess of Weaving and the Handsome Farmer, more familiar to us as the Summer Triangle, directly overhead shortly after 1 AM EDT.