Welcome! That bright light may be Venus, which has been a “morning star” (a term describing bright planets that become visible in the east before sunrise) for a few months. You might be interested in this article that talked a bit about it from mid-October:
Welcome! That bright light may be Venus, which has been a “morning star” (a term describing bright planets that become visible in the east before sunrise) for a few months. You might be interested in this article that talked a bit about it from mid-October:
https://www.almanac.com/blog/astronomy/astronomy/smiling-moon-venus-mars-october-17
If you have a 2017 Almanac with you, you can also find a bit more about Venus as a morning star on page 124.