A bright moon is great for learning your constellations though as it blots out the fainter stars leaving the brightest, easily recognised patterns.
SkySafari is a fantastic program too. Scan along the milky way with your dob and you will see star fields, nebulae, clusters all dotted along there. Scorpius and Sagittarius are well placed (where Mars and Saturn are). Lots of Messier objects there, look on your planetarium.
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