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Have a look at Stellarium (or any other planetarium app) and zoom in on Venus. It will show the phase. It is coming from around the other side of the Sun and getting closer to USA do appearing larger. It is waning from full to new and soon will be 1/2 full and then crescent.
I only mention eyesight because so many in this hobby exhaust all avenues trying to get their telescopes to perform only to have issues with their own eyesight that is contributing to the optical flaws observed.
Wait a couple of weeks for Venus to get further from the Sun (angular separation) and then try and find Venus in the daytime. (You can do this now since Venus is following the Sun so the Sun won’t drift into your field and the separation at present is quite good). You won’t have brightness issues in the daytime and you may even observe the chevron cloud feature on the planet which can be clearly seen when gibbous.
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