To its left or lower left is Saturn. To its right or lower right is Aldebaran . They all climb higher through the early morning hours, as the Moon draws very close to Saturn . By 2 a.m. the Moon and Jupiter shine very close together low in the east-northeast. They stand high in the east by dawn.
Moon shine together in the east before and during dawn.
The Moon is at perigee. 17 New Moon. The Jewish year 5762 begins at sunset. 18 Mercury is at greatest elongation from the Sun . Look for it about 25 minutes after sunset just above the west-southwest horizon, to the lower left of the thin crescent Moon.