Today:
When looking toward the west this evening as the twilight dims, you’ll see that the moon is no longer next to Castor of the Gemini Twins, but has shifted up and to the left, appearing within the constellation Cancer, and immediately to the right of Mars. Mars will closely approximate its position relative to Cancer tomorrow night, but the fickle and flighty moon, will have moved halfway toward Leo, the Lion.
Sunday:
High in the southwest in the failing twilight, the First Quarter Moon appears halfway between Mars and Regulus, the brightest star in Leo. Regulus sits very close to the path of the Sun, the same general path that the Moon follows, so these two have a regularly scheduled meeting every 27 days and 8 hours, the next meeting coming tomorrow evening.
Monday:
The Moon, now a waxing gibbous, has reached Leo, and is abreast of Regulus, the star that mark’s Leos breast plate, and which is also the constellation’s brightest. The Moon’s next close encounter with a bright star will be when it cozies up next to Spica, in Virgo, on the evening of the 9th.