The waxing Moon will be 8.6 days past New Moon and 59% illuminated..
For a detailed map of what's visible on the Moon this night, go to Derekscope Moon Phase Maps and click on the 8– or 9–day Moon.
Jupiter is back! After a long time in the morning sky, Jupiter (and its four large moons) will be above the horizon for this star party.
Saturn will be in good viewing position in the East. This will be an opportunity to see the rings almost edge–on, an alignment that happens only every 15 years! In addition, we should be able to pick out several of Saturn's moons, including Titan. Titan is the second largest moon in the Solar System (Jupiter's Ganymede is 2% larger) and larger than Earth's Moon and the planet Mercury. At 807 million miles away, it appears as a dim star in our scopes.
Besides Titan, we will search for Saturn's brighter moons. The ringed planet has 146 (!) known moons; we hope to see 3-6 of the brightest.