I work at Felix's Fish Camp. Y'all should come out and visit sometime. It's on the Causeway, the Western edge of Spanish Fort.
After work yesterday I was driving home and saw Venus (The Evening Star) and the waxing crescent Moon over Mobile. It was beautiful. You could almost see the ecliptic. That's the imaginary plane circling Earth where you find the Sun, Moon, zodiac, and all the planets.
It's a really special time for watching the night sky. Venus just completed its Greatest Eastern Elongation (3Nov) which means it'll be up for a few hours after the sun sets for the next month or two. And Mars was recently at nearest fly-by (29Oct) slash Opposition, which means it's that big pink spot nearly overhead at midnight. For both events to happen close together like this is quite rare.
I took Astronomy a couple years ago. Great class, easy, and it's fun to impress people with the stuff I learned there. It also helps me appreciate the Universe we live in a lot more. I definitely see God in Nature.
Venus will be setting a little sooner every night now until it crosses the sun, but until December 4th it will be getting brighter. At that time it'll have a -4.5 magnitude brightness, brighter than anything in the sky except the Moon and Sun, and visible even during the day. So keep your eyes on the skies.