Late Monday night the gibbous moon appears right under the bright planet Saturn, low in the southeastern sky. The two will appear above the horizon at 11 p.m. The two celestial objects are in the zodiacal constellation Capricornus.

Take a look again in the earliest hours of Wednesday and the moon will have advanced east. The moon will be under the bright planet Jupiter, the brightest planet visible at that hour.

The brightest planet in the night sky, Venus, is now higher in the western sky after sunset for most to see. Take a look about a half hour after sunset and it will look like an approaching airplane with running lights on, coming in for a landing. The fainter red planet Mars is above and to the left of Venus.

You’ll need an unencumbered view of the western sky to see them both. A beach setting is always the best.