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I managed to see Jupiter with the naked eye about a month ago at about 3:00 pm in the north-east at an altitude of about 30 degrees - full sunlight, well before sunset, and well away from opposition and maximum brightness.
I had been watching the Sun with my 130 mm scope (with a full Aperture filter of course!) and thought I would take a look at Jupiter in the daytime, which I had never done before. I slewed the GoTo mount to track Jupiter, took off the solar filter, and there it was. Against the bright blue sky, it looked like an almost featureless white ball, with just the slightest hint of the two main equatorial belts.
As luck would have it, from my vantage point in the backyard, Jupiter was positioned just between two tree tops, which gave me a vusual reference point for a naked eye search, and after a minute or so of trying averted vision, I managed to make out a faint "star" against the blue daylight sky.
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