Bright star near the moon tonight?

[Suns Fan]

So I was looking at the moon tonight from Phoenix and it looked so bright. There was a bright star that seemed very close to it. From my view, it was southwest of the moon. I looked in the whole sky and didn't see any other stars, just the moon and that star. I am an idiot on astronomy, but still find it very interesting. Was it a planet maybe?

[Seanno]

It was most probably Venus

[zeena]

maybe its Venus

[Edg1]

If it twinkles it's a star, if it is steady it's a planet. I think it's either jupiter, venus or saturn. Mars is always ruddy.

Look up Jack horkheimer the star hustler on the net. I think he says it's Jupiter.

[robert T]

maybe.. but it would be identified by scientists. theres a big chance that it was a star. how about researching about how to tell a star and planet apart? it really helps

[Michael Steen]

That bright star near the moon tonight is most definitely Jupiter. Venus is currently the "evening star," so it will be setting in the west soon after sunset.
Jupiter is at opposition, so it's going to rise in the east at sunset and stay in the sky all night long. When the moon is full, they'll be together in the sky for the whole night.