Tonight’s full moon is the bay scallop moon and it appears in the zodiacal constellation Aries. It rises in the east when the sun sets in the west.

Aries, the ram, is one of the least visually distinct constellations in the zodiac. It is made up of a less than six stars in fairly close proximity to each other. Star charts often portray the small number of stars as the ram’s head. Another constellation south of Aries and south of the Moon is Cetus, the whale.

A new novel by Rick Herrick arrives with a weighty yet straightforward title — A Man Called Jesus.

The Moffett Race, run the first Saturday after Labor Day, has been the traditional season-ending race for the Holmes Hole Sailing Association. But with beautiful fall weather and eager skippers on hand, that tradition has been firmly scuttled.

At around 6 a.m. Wednesday, Cooper Gilkes and his son Daniel were in their kitchen in Edgartown wearing orange and yellow waders, getting ready for another morning on the water. The longtime fishermen have been enjoying an especially strong start to the commercial bay scalloping season.

On Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the West Tisbury School, the MV Youth Soccer organization is hosting an end of the season party, including a pie eating contest and barbecue. Soccer games will erupt, too, throughout the morning.

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation is accepting inquiries for its 2015 Learning Disabilities grant cycle. To be eligible to apply, organizations must be located in Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, or Nantucket Counties.

Veterans, merchant mariners and others involved in past and present service will be recognized at the 16th annual service honoring veterans at the Shabbat service at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Friday, Nov. 14.

Saturday at the Barn Raisers’ Ball everyone and everything will be hitting the dance floor in celebration of the anniversary of the raising of the new Agricultural Hall 20 years ago.

Congratulations to Theresa Kistner Manning upon her first election to a political office, with almost 400 Upis Land votes Theresa, my most favorite daughter in law, has offered to serve on the Up-Island Regional School Committee.

Voters will decide tonight whether to approve a $590,000 purchase for two parcels of land near the site where the town hopes to relocate the Gay Head Light. The special town meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the old town hall. A quorum of 37 voters is needed to convene the meeting.