what is this bright object in the sky?

Your directions don't make any sense at all...are you sure about them? Quite a few cities and towns have arbitrarily designated streets as running east and west, and north and south, when they are nowhere near these directions. You can tell north from Polaris or west from approximately where the Sun sets, more southwest at this time of year.

Currently the two brightest objects in the evening sky (just after sunset) are Venus low in the southwest and Jupiter half way between horizon and zenith, but in the southeast.Where I live, the Moon, just past Full, has just risen in the Northeast.

I am also in the eastern time zone and the moon has risen northeast about 4 fingers above the horizon.

The one overhead is Jupiter.

Aldebaran is in the southeast, or Betelgeuse is just rising, closer to the moon.

Sorry guys, Venus is setting in the west.

Venus is visible in the southwest after the Sun sets, it sets fairly soon after the Sun does. Jupiter is visible in the south southeast and after Venus is the brightest object in the night sky. The bright star Capella is visible in the northeast.

Jupiter is high in the south east and Venus is low in the south west. These are the two brightest objects you can see, but your directions aren't quite right.

Moon is Earth's in basic words organic satellite tv for pc and the in basic words astronomical body except Earth ever visited by employing human beings. The moon is the brightest merchandise interior the evening sky yet provides off no mild of its own. really, it reflects mild from the daylight. Like Earth and some thing of the picture voltaic gadget, the moon is about 4.6 billion years previous.

The one higher in the East is Jupiter. Lower, in the southwest, and brighter is Venus.

The one in the east is the planet Jupiter and the one in southwest is the planet Venus.

Jupiter and yes the other object is Venus

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