I know what stars look like and I’ve never seen one in daylight...have you?
Actually it is possible to see stars during daylight hours,
I have read several accounts of pilots able to do just that.
German fighter pilots during the war used to practice this by finding various constellations during the day in order to sharpen their vision.
I must still be half asleep! I do amateur astronomy from NYC. The object was VENUS. Venus is now once again an 'evening star'. It is extremely bright and can easily be seen with the naked eye before dark. Look towards the west again tonight around sunset. In fact, it will be a very bright evening object for many months to come. It gets furthest east from the Sun in Jan 2009 (apprx 45 degrees east). After that, it slowly begins to move west back towards the sun. When it gets really close to the sun on this return trip, with large binoculars or a telescope, you can even make out various crescent phases. It only does this when it's on the same side of the sun as earth. As it prepares to move between the sun and earth, it brings its dark side (side in temporary shadow) around towards us and we see less and less of the sunlit portion. Take a look tonight, assuming the skies are clear enough of course.
A pedestrian on a city street in broad daylight, no.