The Sky This Week from Steve Cariddi:
The Moon is waxing this week, and you should be able to see it as a crescent in western sky after sunset, growing fatter and moving farther east (left) each night. On Tuesday night it will be near bright Venus, low in the western sky at sunset. On Wednesday night it will be among the stars of the Hyades cluster in Taurus. Jupiter rises about an hour after sunset, and it is visible most of the night. It is best placed for viewing around 2 am , when it will be moderately high in the southern sky. Mars and Saturn are rising around 1 am local time, and before dawn you can seen them among the stars of Sagittarius, low in the southeastern sky. The separation between the two planets will increase each night, from about 7° to 10° during the week. Saturn is on the right and whiter; Mars is on the left and noticeably redder.
