Three planets and a crescent moon play in close proximity in the southwest sky after sunset Monday.

Venus, playfully known by many as the "evening star," is the brightest object in the night sky (barring the moon) right now, and it will be at its most brilliant tonight as it makes its way toward the sun (from our perspective looking at the sky), which it will pass closely by this January.

10, you'll be able to watch the waxing crescent moon pass by Venus and then Saturn and Jupiter as it rises slowly in the night sky, according to NASA.

The sky show will progress all week as the moon waxes and moves up and to the left each night.