Tomorrow night's full moon is in the constellation Sagittarius, the southernmost zodiacal constellation. The full moon doesn't get any more southerly and close to the southern horizon on nights around the summer solstice.

This should make sense as we already know the sun is now at its highest in the sky, in the zodiacal constellation Taurus, near Gemini.

On Sunday night the gibbous moon appears close to the bright star Spica in the zodiacal constellation Virgo. Spica is one of the largest and thus brilliant stars in our night sky making our own sun as little beach ball by comparison. Spica is 12,000 times brighter than our own sun and it is seven times the size.

And Spica is far away too. This bright star is 260 light years away from our sun. For comparison, the bright Vega which is now rising in the East is only 25 light years away.

We are now in the month when daylight prevails in buckets. With the first day of summer only two weeks away, we are experiencing late sunsets and early sunrises. If you like the night sky, it is now at a premium.

Twilight sticks around well after 8 p.m. and dawn comes at its earliest around 4 o'clock.

All our visible planets are in the morning sky and it is an impressive arrangement. A thin crescent moon appears right next to the red planet Mars on Sunday morning. The two are only a few degrees apart. It is possible you will see the bright planet Jupiter rising in the east at twilight. Jupiter will be more readily visible in the weeks and thus months ahead. But even better, note that the planet Saturn is a good deal to the right of Mars and to the south. Saturn is in proximity to the zodiacal constellation Aquarius.

Yesterday's full moon, the Honey Moon, will continue to dominate our evening skies through this weekend. The moon is brilliant. There are no planets in our evening sky and thus the Moon is the commander and chief. The moon moves through the southern most zodiacal constellations Sagittarius this weekend, thus it remains low in our southern skies.

Use these evenings to familiarize yourself with the stars of summer coming quickly.

The moon is in a close path with two of the brighest stars in our evening sky in the coming week. The gibbous moon, waxing, will approach the bright star Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo on Sunday night. Take a look. The moon is almost on a collision course. The two will be only a few degrees apart during the night, the closest being less than two degrees.

Their proximity is so close most folks will miss it. Take a look during the evening as this slow motion event takes place.

There are three visible planets in the early morning sky.

The Vineyard will be treated to a pretty good meteor shower in the early hours of Sunday, May 5 and Monday, May 6.

The brightest planet in our evening sky is about to disappear, or for many of us, it is already gone. The brilliant planet Jupiter is getting so close to the western horizon after sunset you may miss it. Jupiter was a sentinel in our evening sky for so many many months, going back to autumn.

Jupiter is about to be hidden by the glow of the sun and won't be visible again until summer, when it appears in the morning sky. Certainly the earliest you'll see Jupiter is at the end of May, at dawn, in the morning sky.

From Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning, we will experience a meteor shower. Meteors, also called shooting stars, will appear sporadically through out the night. Unfortunately, a near full moon will obstruct our being able to see most of them. The Lyrid meteor shower is an annual event. The meteors appear to come from the zodiacal constellation Lyra, one of the smallest constellations in the summer and late spring sky.