Sky Maps that will help you locate the planets from the Sky Watch column in The Mountain Astrologer:
2018 December 2019 January Issue
A few samples of the sky this month.
Mercury & Venus at sunset on October 1st and Moon, Jupiter, Saturn
Venus & Mercury setting in the west at sunset on Oct 5, 2019, also Jupiter and Moon with Saturn
Locate Mars below the Moon just before sunrise on Oct 26, 2019
Moon between Jupiter & Saturn on Halloween 2019. Mercury & Venus in the west at sunset.