The moon appears Friday night in the gibbous phase but ends the coming week as a crescent.

We’ve got a full moon next Wednesday and we call it the Bay Scallop Moon, to honor one of the Vineyard’s most appreciated bivalves.

If you’ve had trouble getting oriented with the stars overhead, finding the Big Dipper may be a challenge.

Saturday morning a thin crescent moon appears close to the planets Venus and Mars. The three form a tight triangle low in the southeastern sky.

Sunday brings the end to Daylight Saving Time and clocks will fall back an hour.

This weekend the planets Mars, Jupiter and Venus form a small triangle in the early morning sky. The planets remain close for the coming week.