Today:
Just after the sun sets, you can spot Venus shining through the dusk, due west at 8:55 PM. By 9:45 Venus will be nearing the horizon. By this time the stars will be emerging, or trying to; Regulus, the brightest within Leo, will be hard to discern, trying to peer around the much brighter Venus, which will appear just one degree above it. Having neared each other in recent nights, the two are closest tonight, and will start slowly drifting apart hereafter.
Friday:
A sight for night owls will be unfolding at around 2:45 AM. The Moon will have risen in the east-northeast, and Mars will have risen below it. By 3:30 AM, the head of Taurus will be appear below Mars; and Aldebaran, the brightest star within Taurus, will appear below Mars, completing the trifecta. And as a bonus, the concavity of the Crescent Moon points to the nearby Pleiades.
Saturday:
At 10:20 this evening, the Scorpion’s tail is due south, extremely low above the horizon, yet even so, at its best viewing of the year. As the tail curls up to the left, the star on the end is called Shaula, from the Arabic meaning either “stinger” or “raised”, as in poised to sting.