Today:
Rising in the east-northeast at around 7:45 PM is the bright star Capella, principle star of the constellation Auriga, The Charioteer. Capella is the third brightest star that appears in the northern hemisphere. But it only appears as a single star. It really consists of 4 stars, or two binary pairs, all close enough to each other in order that they appear as a single star to the naked eye.
Friday:
Even with calendar Summer now behind us, the constellation Orion barely broaches the eastern horizon by 11:00 PM. But within a month this will happen two hours earlier, as Orion re-emerges to become a central constellation in the Winter sky, and by the first of December will be fully above the horizon by around 7:40 PM.
Saturday:
In this evening’s twilight a relatively flat horizon will be needed in the southwest. It is here that the Crescent Moon will dip to the horizon, doing so in lockstep with constellation Scorpio. As night falls, Antares, “The Heart of the Scorpion,” will appear immediately to the right of the Moon. But this will be brief, as the Moon and Antares will both drop below the horizon by 10:30.