The night sky this week brings a first peek at the Lyrids Meteor Shower before its actual peak, plus planets including Venus, Saturn and Mars. Here's a look at what to watch for while stargazing this week,

After sunset on April 2, look for the crescent moon and Jupiter in the western sky. The duo will appear within a palm’s width of each other, according to stargazing app SkySafari. You can watch them travel in tandem through a pair of binoculars until around midnight local time, when they dip below the western horizon.

Venus becomes the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, the Lyrids Meteor Shower takes place and the Moon has some nice pairings.