Today:
For night owls, or very early risers tomorrow morning, the southeastern skies host a wonderful view of the waning Gibbous Moon, rising just minutes before midnight, joined shortly later by the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion, to the lower left of the Moon. They remain low in the southeast, cresting due south at 4:00 AM, and then into the southwest as twilight brightens after 5:15 AM.
Thursday:
The northwestern skies in the evenings are home to Capella, the Goat Star. In mythology this is the nurse goat for the great Jupiter, and was rewarded with a place in the heavens. It is half way up from the horizon in the west-northwest at 9:15 PM, well below and to the right of the Twin Stars in Gemini.
Friday:
Night owls can see the waning gibbous moon rise just about due southeast at 1:45 AM. As the moon then travels low in the southern sky, it will be well centered within the constellation Sagittarius, and within that part of Sagittarius know as the Teapot. The gathering dawn will bleach out the stars of the Teapot at around 5:15, but the Moon will remain visible unit it sets in the southwest at 9:45 AM.