SUNSET: 
This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 3 – 11
The Moon hangs below Aldebaran in the west this evening. But get ready for Saturday night, when the dark limb of the first-quarter Moon occults Aldebaran
This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 24 – March 4
Sirius blazes high in the south these evenings, with bright Canopus due south below, and on Sunday, February 26th, Mars and Uranus are in conjunction.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 17 – 25
After dinnertime at this time of year, five carnivore constellations are rising upright in a ragged row. Orion stands highest in early evening.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 10 – 18
See a full Moon on Friday and, for most of the Americas, catch a very deep penumbral eclipse of the Moon that happens around sunset or in early evening.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 3 – 11
The first-quarter Moon on Friday is high in the south at sunset. After dark it balances on the dim head of Cetus. Spot Pleiades to its upper left.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 27 – February 4
After dark the Great Square of Pegasus is sinking down in the west, to the right of Venus and Mars. The Big Dipper is creeping up in the north-northeast.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 20 – 28
After dinnertime this week, the Winter Triangle glitters in the southeast. Sirius is its lowest and brightest star, Betelgeuse above, and to their left Procyon.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 13 – 21
On Saturday, the waning gibbous Moon and Regulus rise around 8 p.m. They'll part ways through the night as the Moon moves east along its orbit.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 6 – 14
The waxing gibbous Moon shines below the Pleiades and right of Aldebaran Saturday evening - watch the Moon's dark limb occult a star later that night.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 30 – January 7
Can you spot the fingernail-thin crescent Moon in twilight Friday night? It's less than two days old as seen after sunset from North America.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 23 – 31
After dark you'll find the Pleiades high in the east, with Aldebaran and the Hyades below them. Far below these, Orion is beginning to clear the horizon.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 16 – 24
Have you ever watched a Sirius-rise? Watch for Sirius to come up about two fists at arm's length below Orion's Belt, around 8 p.m. local time.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 9 – 17
The Moon, just a day before full, occults Aldebaran Monday night for nearly everyone in North America. And watch for the Geminid meteor shower!
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 2 – 10
Friday and Saturday evenings, the thickening crescent Moon poses with bright Venus in the southwest at dusk. Wednesday marks the year's earliest sunset.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 25 – December 3
Before and during dawn Saturday morning, the thinning crescent Moon in the southeast is at the bottom of an arc that it now forms with Spica and Jupiter.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 18 – 26
With the Moon gone from the evening sky, explore deep-sky sights in Lacerta. Or use only your eyes to see Andromeda Galaxy and the Perseus Double Cluster.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 11 – 19
Saturn is falling ever farther away to the lower right of Venus at dusk. And in the coming weeks and months, watch Venus and Mars draw closer together.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 4 – 12
Mars shines to the left or lower of the Moon early Saturday evening. On Tuesday, the Moon is in Aquarius - look to its left for Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 28 – November 5
In twilight Friday evening, Saturn, Venus, and Antares form a nearly vertical, curving line low in the southwest. Watch the configuration change this week.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 21 – 29
Saturn and Antares form a compact triangle with Venus, low in the southwest at dusk on Friday. The modest Orionid meteors continue before dawn Saturday.
