Nightly Observations: 3.2

Tonight and the past few nights again I have been able to make truly stellar celestial observations! It is really a wonder that I did not make better use of my Evening Sky Maps before this, because they work so perfectly well, that any country bumpkin could use them effectively. I was able to identify with ease, a total of 7 constellations distinctly with its aid! Without the map, I was first able to quickly pinpoint Orion, Mars, and Sirius in the sky, which helped me get my bearings with the map. I was then able to pick out the Twins in Gemini, Procyon and Canis Minor, all of Canis Major, Beteleuse and Rigel in Orion, Capella and even the Kids (I think) in Auriga, continuing from here I noticed Aldebaren and possibly the Hyades in Taurus (though I am not positive about the latter), finally I was also able to barely distinguish Perseus if I craned my neck back very far. What was very surprising also to me though was that I noticed an entirely new constellation tonight! In an Easy-Southeasterly direction I am sure that I picked out the Sickle in and Regulus in Leo, which truly amazed me. Surprisingly though amidst all this celestial discovery, I could not locate the Moon! It appears in no section of the sky, and I wonder where it might be...