The NASA website tells me that the Moon will guide you to a few celestial landmarks. One of them is the Teapot, a group of stars in Sagittarius that resembles a teapot, complete with a handle, lid, and spout. "If you are under an especially dark sky...you may see hazy steam rising from the Teapot's spout. Follow the steam to its thickest part, and you'll be looking toward the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. "
Here's the diagram and then the picture. I know you are really supposed to see a teapot, but like most of the constellation shapes, I find it notional at best. And all the rest? Orion, the hunter, Cassiopeia, The Queen/W Shape, Scorpius, Cygnus, the Swan/Norther Cross and the Big Dipper Ursa Major. The articles all say they are easily recognizable due to their distinctive shapes.
In comparison, we really can see a Harvest Moon. Its peak time will be on Saturday at 12:49pm - that doesn't sound like we'll see it at its peak. It will be viewable both Saturday and Sunday evenings. The moon will rise in the eastern sky. Where would we stargaze to see the moon on Saturday? Definitely Niagara Falls. Here's a picture below of the Harvest Moon over the Falls in 2019. It comes from a Facebook site called Geographical Features so I hope it is a real photo. It does look wonderful, though.
Here's one of my grunge collages - it looks like a moon up there on the horizon.
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