On the morning of May 2, about 30 minutes before sunrise, the moon (27.1 days past the New phase, 7% illuminated) — a thin waning crescent phase — is 4.3° to the lower right of Venus. Look for them low in the east. Venus is only about 5° up in the east.
Check your local sources — newspaper, television, or internet — for the time of sunrise at your location. Although they are lower at that time, start looking for them about 45 minutes before the time of your local sunrise.
To find this pair, you’ll need a clear eastern horizon. Stand on a hill or in an open spot with no trees or houses nearby.
The time interval between the beginning of morning twilight and sunrise grows 24 minutes from this morning through mid-June. While Venus is rising at the same time interval before sunrise for the next month, it appears in a brighter sky.
The moon is New on May 4. Look for it during the early evening of May 6 in the west as the sky darkens.