Today:
You can watch the waning Gibbous Moon lift into the east this evening just before 9 o’clock, led by a fairly bright, bluish-white star called Spica, the only bright star in Virgo. Through the night they progress higher through the southeast, cresting due south near 2:10 AM, and settling into the southwest near 5:30 as the blush of dawn appears in the east. The moon will remain visible longer, so it’s just a question of when Spica become not visible to the naked eye.
Friday:
Very high in the west-northwest, emerging from the fading twilight near 6:30 PM, sparkles the brilliant star Capella, the fourth brightest star that we can see. What we can’t see is that it is actually a pair of bright, giant stars, each more than twice as massive as the Sun. They orbit each other once every 104 days, no farther apart than the Sun and Venus.
Saturday:
Viewing is tricky, requiring a flat horizon, and probably binoculars, but this evening Venus and Saturn are very close together, very low in the west, and just after sunset, between roughly 6:30 and 6:50 PM. The much brighten Venus will be easier to spot, with Saturn barely above and to the left. Tomorrow evening, you’ll see the effects of Venus’s orbit, shifting to slightly higher than Saturn.