Today:
At about 8:20 this evening, the large, waning Gibbous Moon rises in the east, soon to be joined by its solar system cousin Saturn, which rises nearly due east 45 minutes later. Together, the two will trek across the southern sky all night, due south near 3 o’clock. As they continue into the southwest, Jupiter rises after 4:00 AM, bright and low in the east, getting overwhelmed by the pre-dawn twilight between 5:30 and 6:00 AM.

Monday:
Venus continues its slow, inevitable decline in the western skies, visible though quite low in the west-southwest before 8 o’clock. Briefly after, near 8:15, look carefully above the blazing Venus for a last glimpse of the star Spica. Venus and Spica fight their sinking positions and the Sun’s glare into the first week of September.

Tuesday:
Because Venus is brighter than any other night time object, other than the Moon, it hangs on in terms of viewing, even though it now emerges from the twilight only about the width of your hand above the horizon. Though technically viewable through the end of the month, for practical purposes, you’ve got until its encounter with the Crescent Moon mid-month.