If your sky is clear early tonight (Feb. 26), be sure to check out the east-southeast sky about an hour or so after sundown. There, located about two-thirds up from the horizon, you'll find an eye-catching sight. You'll immediately see the moon, which will be at its waxing gibbous phase, en route to becoming full (and a total lunar eclipse) on March 3.
But also on this Thursday evening, you'll also notice a very bright, silvery "star" shining with a steady glow almost directly below the moon. That's not a star, however, but the biggest planet in our solar system: Jupiter. Both the moon and the planet will keep each other company as they move across the night sky.
