John,

 Good for you.

Try and catch Jupiter before sunrise and see how many moons are visible with the 9x63mm.

Keep up the good reports.

 Gonna try that tomorrow morning if it's clear. Venus was hiding behind a tree, as soon as it got into an opening it popped right out, but there wasn't enough magnification to resolve the crescent, the 16X80s did though. I tried to move over to Mars, but couldn't pick it out and had to go do some other things.

30x is my favorite for viewing Venus, Saturn & Jupiter.

 It was easy to spot the Galilean Satellites this morning with the 9X63s before the Sun got too close to the horizon. Except Io, it's too close to Jupiter for them. Sometimes it would appear that there was something up close to the planet, but that's as far as it got.

I'll have to have a look for several mornings to be sure I'm identifying the moons correctly.

The last binoculars I bought are 9x63 5.0 deg TFOV 7.0mm exit pupil and 26mm eye relief.  I believe this may be the highest power and aperture that are hand holdable (a little over 2 lbs).  With others pointing out galaxies with lare pointers and turning them off, I am able to see galaxies such as the Whirl Pool, M81 and M82, etc.  However, it will take some time for me to find these on my own.

I like the so much weight wise,  that I am tempted to try out the 15x63mm version too; although these will most likely require a monopod to keep steady at 15x.

I do like to lie on my back and look up near the zenith; and you can do this for a long time with these light weight binoculars.  When I tried with 25x100 10 lbs binos after 2 minutes, I feared I might get two black eyes.  ;)

kanders2 

Because I liked the Orion 9x63 mini ginats so much I did get the 15x63 as well.  I do like using the both.  Both are hand holdable, but the 9x63 is more relaxing to use.  Globular clusts are more visible in 15x63.  I often sit side by side with a friend and just swap both back and forth (need the 9x63 for a rest since the 15x63 is mre fatiguing).

Both are just 2.3 lbs.

Mars in/and the Beehive looked great in 9x63, 15x63, and 25x100. Of course my favorite is the highest power that keeps both objects in the same view.  Even got to see Mars in the Beehive with my 17.5 f4.1 with 40mm 70 afov eyepiece, most but not all the beehive fit.

Excellent hand holdable.

This and the 15x63 are both 2.3lbs, but the 9x63 is less fatiguing and would be my first choice if I could only have one.

I enjoy lying down and looking at the zenith with them. 

You don't need this large aperture or weight for bird watching; just for night time observing.

 A lot of people like a lighter binocular for birding. I used to use a pair of 8X42 and think about getting another pair about that size. But, the 9X63s for me are an ideal general use binocular.