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You certainly can do daylight moon viewing, but just keep in mind that the image will not be as sharp as it is at night - the blue scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere tends to make things a little fuzzy.
There are two times during the lunar cycle when it's a good time to do it:
First quarter moon, when the moon rises around midday and will be easily visible in the afternoon.
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Last Quarter moon, when the moon can be seen in the morning sky after sunrise.
New moon is no good as the moon is too close to the sun, and full moon is no good as it in the opposite side of the sky to the sun (eg, it will be below the horizon for most of the daytime).
Best thing to do is to decide whether it's going to be a morning or afternoon session, get Astronomy 2008 into your hands again and either look up the moon phases, or look in the back for moon rise and set times for your location (Sydney) to see when the moon will be above your horizon.
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