Celestial Object tonight

[daginge]

Can anyone identify the extremely bright and beautiful object I saw at about 17:00 tonight positioned at about 7 o'clock to the moon? It has now unfortunately clouded over in North West England and it's disappeared LOL
TIA

[boxtops]

At that time of night, then it is usually, Venus showing as an "evening star", see here http://www.eaae-astro...Shops/VenusOrbit.html

[rockyracoon]

We've been seeing Venus quite clearly here for the past fews days, it's got a slight yellowy hue about it.

[daginge]

Thanks BT!

[tiggerblue10]

I also noticed another bright object further away but at about 10 o'clock to the moon. It wasn't flickering like a star so I thought it might be Jupiter.

[Prudie]

I can't work out the o'clock to the moon descriptions you are using but Jupiter, as well as Venus, has been the brightest object in the sky for weeks.

[daginge]

Prudie, just imagine the moon as the face of a clock! The object is on a line out from 7 on the face clock!