Venus, when it is bright like it is now, can actually be seen in broad daylight with the bare eye, IF you know precisely where to look and IF the sky is deep blue and IF your vision is very good and IF you have the patience to stand around outside (in public) staring up at the sky for 5-10 minutes trying to find it. Otherwise, if you have a pair of binoculars and a good idea of where to look, and have them in proper focus for distant objects, you can also find it that way. It's obviously easier. Not 'easy', but 'easier'.
You must live pretty far north. Here in the Dallas area our local time of sunset (CST) today is 5:23. Many people don’t realize how much different the length of day is, even within the United States, from northern to southern latitudes. Of course the time of sunset, by definition, changes about an hour from one side of a time zone to the next. Also little known fact is that the earliest sunset is around 8 December, not when winter “officially” begins. And the latest sunrise is on down in January. Heavens-above.com is a great source for all of this kind of information, thanks for the post.
That is awesome. I might try to look for it in daytime, thank you!!