Today:
Looking in the south and southwest near 10 o’clock, while the waning Gibbous Moon remains below the horizon, the red star Antares shows up easily in the south, while the contrastingly bluish star Spica settles into the southwest. Between them, about one third of the way up from the horizon, to moderately bright stars mark the balance beam within the constellation Libra, the Scales.
Friday:
At 4 o’clock tomorrow morning, a little early for 4th of July celebrations, dedicated star gazers can celebrate the planet Mars sitting between the cluster of stars above known as the Pleiades, and the reddish star Aldebaran, below our reddish neighboring planet. To the Haudenosaunee, the Pleiades are called the Seven Starry dancers, while in Japan, they are known as Subaru.
Saturday:
The Waning Gibbous moon will rise in the east-southeast at 11:21 PM. After midnight the planet Saturn will rise at around 12:40, and will chase to Moon across the southeastern sky until Saturn gets bleached out by the gathering dawn at around 4:40 AM. The Moon will remain visible while continuing into the south, not setting in the west until well after dawn, at 10:49 AM.