Mark Alan Lovewell
Tonight the gibbous moon appears near the bright planet Jupiter.
Sunday night the crescent moon shines within a few degrees of Antares, the brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Scorpius.
The brightest planet in the western sky, Venus has a companion this weekend.
The last quarter moon rises before midnight on Sunday night.
The full moon and the bright planet Jupiter rise in the east after sunset tomorrow, Saturday.
This is the weekend to see the last of the Perseid meteor shower.