Pre-dawn Venus, I think

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10. I went out this morning, Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 5:26 a.m.

The moon was straight up. Jupiter was "ahead" of it, already into the western half of the night sky. The Pleiades and Aldebaran were "near" the moon, a little to the east. The moon will rise tonight at the same time that the Pleiades and Aldebaran rise.

Orion was already well up. Rigel was easy to spot. Maybe that's what you saw. Sirius was barely above the southeastern horizon.

{edited, after going out early Friday morning}

The Pleiades and Mars were "near" the moon. Aldebaran was still in the eastern half of the sky.