The Moon passes close to the bright star Antares, heart of Scorpius the Scorpion, in the evening sky tonight. Late on the evening of May 3, the Moon rises near the bright star Antares in Scorpius. Credit: Stellarium/USGS/Celestia/Clementine Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full  Sky This Week  column.  May 2: Venus stands north of Aldebaran The Moon rises around 10:30 P.M. local daylight time in northwestern Scorpius and passes 0.5° south of Alpha (α) Scorpii, better known as Antares, at 11 P.M. EDT. Some locations in the Southern Hemisphere — parts of South America, Antarctica, and very southern Africa and a small portion of Madagascar — will see an occultation as the Moon passes in front of Antares. The rest of the world, including the U.S., will just see the two objects nestled close in the sky.  The pair spends the late evening low in the southeast, rising higher over time. They’re unmissable with the Moon not long past Full, still some 95 percent lit.…