Observation 1/8/10

Tonight, I went out to look up at the sky from my driveway in Sarasota at about 7:45 pm.  I saw the moon in the western portion of the sky, and the bottom fifth of it was illuminated.  The moon is in its waxing crescent phase.   A little further south from the moon in the sky was Venus, shining brightly.  I could see a couple stars, but not enough to make out any constellations.