Today:
High in the south this evening are two “twin” stars, the Twins of Gemini. The stars of Gemini are the location where the planet Uranus was discovered in March of 1781 by Sir William Herschel. Uranus was last in Gemini between 1950 and 1956. Its 84 year orbit will bring it back here in 2034.
Sunday:
The brightest object in the night sky is the Moon. It’s so bright that it’s fully visible in broad daylight, when it rises in the east-northeast at 3:45 PM. On the opposite side of the sky, in the west, will emerge the second-brightest object in the night sky, Venus, which can be seen as it sinks toward the horizon by around 7:45 PM, before setting in the west-northwest at around 8:50 PM.
Monday:
The nearly Full Moon rises late today at around 5:30 PM. It won’t be until closer to 8 PM that the constellation Leo will emerge from the twilight, appearing above the Moon. Of the stars in Leo, Regulus is the brightest. The Moon and Leo will ride across the southern sky overnight, before Leo sets at around 5:00 AM, the Moon doing so by around 5:45 AM.