Did you get to see it last night? The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter forming a nice little triangle in the evening sky. Unfortunately there were some high, wispy clouds here that the moon's light was causing to glow - more noticeable in the photo than to the naked eye. All in all, still pretty cool. Using a zoom lens set at 135mm, there is just enough magnification to be able to see that Venus (bottom center) and Jupiter (far right) are "disks" and not just points of light as they appear to the naked eye (a star, no matter much magnification will always be just a point).
In hindsight, I should have gone out a little earlier - before it was completely dark - because I might have been able to get an exposure that would have held some lunar detail. By the time I remembered this was going to happen and got outside, the only way I could get a long enough exposure for the two planets was to overexpose the Moon. Oh well, next time . . .
That is really cool! I did notice that the moon was looking extra awesome, but I doubt I would have seen what you saw-- even if I had been looking. Too many lights in the "big city."
Lisa - I bet you can see them even in all those "big city" lights. Only the Sun, Moon, and International Space Station (yeah, that's right) are brighter. Look to the west just above the horizon right after sunset. The Moon is gonna be a lot higher than it was last night, but Venus and Jupiter should still be there for a few more weeks (aim your binoculars at Jupiter and you should see the 4 Galilean moons too!).
Let me know what you find!