Today:
With the Summer Solstice but three days hence, you might think that the Sun will pass directly overhead. It’s true that the Sun reaches its highest point at our latitude on the Summer Solstice, though it runs just shy of 70 degrees above the southern horizon near 1:00 PM. To see the Sun directly overhead, you would need to travel south to the line on the globe marked the Tropic of Cancer, the northernmost point at which this happens on the Summer Solstice.
Friday:
At dusk this evening, the Moon appears about a third of the way up in the west-southwest. As the Moon lowers toward the western horizon, a companion will emerge from the evening twilight at around 9:40. This is the star Regulus, the brightest in the constellation Leo. Looking farther toward the horizon in the west-northwest, the two align well with Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury.
Saturday:
At 11 PM, look for the bluish-white star Vega, high in the east. It is also known as Alpha Lyrae, the brightest star in Lyra, the Harp, as well as being the highest star in the Summer Triangle, Altair and Deneb. Appearing lower in the sky is perhaps a little strange for these two stars, as each is the brightest star within a constellation denoting a bird: The Eagle, in the case of Altair; and The Swan, in the case of Deneb.