Today:
On the next clear evening near 7:15 PM, crossing the zenith you’ll perhaps find the Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object viewable with the un-aided eye, but quite a challenge. Binoculars will help, and show a bit more, but its distance of 2.5 million light years means only special photography can reveal some of its details.
Friday:
At around 6:30 PM, a view to the south-southwest shows the Waxing Crescent Moon on the left-hand corner of the constellation Capricorn. Outside of Capricorn, and farther the southwest, shines the brilliant planet Venus, which sets at 7:20 PM. Capricorn follows during the next hours, while its “passenger”, the Moon lingers through 9:30 PM.
Saturday:
First becoming visible in the east-southeast at sunset, the planet Jupiter will rise nearly overhead by midnight. Tonight Jupiter will reach opposition, directly opposite the Sun as the Earth’s faster orbit takes us between them. By midnight, Jupiter will receive no competition from Moon, which will set at around 11:15 PM.