Moon, Venus, Jupiter align before dawn
Tomorrow before sunrise – October 7, 2015 – and for the next several mornings, you can’t miss the moon and sky’s two brightest planets near the waning crescent moon. Look east, the direction of sunrise. On Wednesday, from top to bottom, you’ll see the moon, Venus and Jupiter – the brightest, second-brightest and third-brightest celestial bodies of nighttime, respectively – before the sun rises.
And don’t forget to look for them on Thursday morning, October 8, too. In fact, over all of the next three mornings – the mornings of October 7, 9 and 9 – the moon will be dropping downward toward the sunrise in the eastern predawn sky, sliding past the planets.