Today:
Around 8:15 this evening, the waxing Crescent Moon emerges from the twilight, about one third of the way up in western sky. About this time, Jupiter comes into view, below it, a fine pairing that settles to about one quarter of the way up in the west-northwest by 9:30 PM. A little farther away, above and to the Moon’s right, appears the bright star Capella.
Thursday:
Today is May Day, and is known in the Celtic tradition as Beltane, marking the traditional half-way point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. These mid-points of the seasons are called “cross-quarter days”, as they are exactly between the “quarter days”, marking the beginning of each season.
Friday:
As the dusk fades at 8:30 PM, the Crescent Moon shines barely to the right of Castor, the rightmost of the Gemini Twins. Below and a little farther to the right, in the west-northwest, shines Jupiter, bounded by the horns of Taurus. Jupiter and the horns of Taurus will sink below the horizon by midnight, the moon and the Twins following suit between 1:00 and 1:45 AM.