Observation #1
8/20, 8/21
roughly 9:00 PM both days
Observed the moon and it's relative position to the 1st magnitude star Antares and the planet Jupiter. Noted how Jupiter and Antares position seemed to remain the same due to their extreme distance, while the moon seemed to be the only celestial body that was moving across the sky. Light pollution was minimal at my location, but it was somewhat cloudy.

Observation #2
Current phase of the year
early morning (roughly 6:30-6:45)
Noted specifically the constellation Orion each morning as I get up and head outside. (Assuming not a large amount of cloud cover. Light pollution is rarely a problem.) Also generally visible is Venus, which appears to be one of the brightest points in the sky at the time.

No instruments were used-- only the naked eye.