The moon and Jupiter are still quite close to each other (as seen from earth)

[progree]

See Jupiter meet up with a bright moon in the night sky tonight
By Joe Rao, Space.com, published 10/1/23

The moon and Jupiter will meet up in the night sky on Oct. 1, offering a pairing of the two brightest objects in the night sky.

... The moon, now a waning gibbous phase, will be poised near a brilliant silvery non-twinkling "star." That object is not a star, however, but the largest planet in our solar system: Jupiter.

Jupiter comes up over the eastern horizon just before 9 p.m. local daylight time. It rises about four minutes earlier each night, so by the end of October it will be beaming before the end of evening twilight. By then, the planet will be so bright – it will be essentially at its peak brilliance for 2023 – that it's easy to see before the sky gets fully dark.

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As for Jupiter being one of the "two brightest objects in the night sky", wait a while. Venus rises at 330 am.

Beween now and then, Orion is already rising in the east (central time zone).

My fav for seeing what's in the sky: https://in-the-sky.org/skymap2.php

(get rid of that deep space junk with that checkbox below the sky map and on the left side -- nobody can see any of that stuff unless they live 50 miles from the nearest street lamp, so its just clutter)

I would be lost without this because of the city lights, so few stars and planets are visible, so this helps enormously in finding things and being sure that what I'm seeing is actually what I think I'm seeing.

For those who want to see the H.A. Rey version of the constellations: On the left side below the sky map, there is the default setting: "Simplified Designs". Pull down on its arrow, and choose "H.A. Rey's designs".

[mnhtnbb]

1. Last night before going to bed

I went and sat outside for awhile, enjoying the view of the moon and Jupiter, which really was quite bright. It was very calming.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I caught the celestial show this morning at about 5:30 a.m.

I had hoped to see the space station last evening at 7:31, but eluded me. I've seen it many times, so I don't know how it got away from me.

Long time, no see. And good morning.

[progree]

4. I've been sick for 2 1/2 months and counting, so haven't been able to do much

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beyond meal prep and eating, until lately. Beyond that for most of the time, up until maybe 2 weeks ago, there's been only maybe 1/2 hour of productive work I can squeeze in during the day, the rest was in bed.

Now its infinite catchup time on many things that didn't get done.

"Long time, no see".

Thanks for noticing.

Venus (the brightest celestial body other than sun and moon) is up in the eastern sky in the central and eastern time zones.

[elleng]

3. Thanks for the info,

finally saw the moon last night as when home, too cloudy..

MAY get a chance so see it tonight, but visiting family and my usual sky and river views not available.