Venus and Jupiter

[Fritz]

in the western sky under the moon tonite (depending on your location).

Extremely clear here tonite.

[cbelt3]

Mars and Saturn on the opposite side of the plane of the ecliptic too. Depending on your location, all four naked-eye visible planets are up.

[Black]

I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?

[WHiiP]

Black wrote:
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?

I vote for the Space Station! :coffee:

[space-time]

V is brighter and higher in the sky, J is less bright and below V

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capi..._local_pop

[Black]

space-time wrote:
V is brighter and higher in the sky, J is less bright and below V

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capi..._local_pop

Then pretty clearly V.

I was too late for the full V-J show apparently.

[freeradical]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120318.html

[srf1957]

WHiiP wrote:
[quote=Black]
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?

I vote for the Space Station! :coffee:
space station
If you want to track station.

[freeradical]

srf1957 wrote:
[quote=WHiiP]
[quote=Black]
I only saw one a minute ago-- very bright and pretty close to the moon. Would that be more likely to be V or J?

I vote for the Space Station! :coffee:
space station
If you want to track station.

Nice link. Here's another good one, which also give you the magnitude information.