Using the moon as a guide it's easy to find Venus in broad daylight using 2 unaided eyes. It's about 2 degrees of the west, sighting along the southern cusp... cool!
If you know roughly where to look, it's surprising when you see it. But you need to almost nail your eye on it to see it.
I remember December last year just before the smiley face conjunction I went outside at lunch time and roughly using the time the moon would have risen, using at arms length 4 fingers width to an hour since from the horizon, and roughly following where the ecliptic was, found the moon quite easily. Soon after found Venus. Then told a few work mates about it and they laughed - they weren't laughing any more when I showed them where it was and they saw Venus in broad daylight in the middle of the day - they were instead amazed you could actually see it.
For those who try, when you find it naked eye, it' worth the effort.
I cannot even see the Moon. Patches of blue are not big enough. I'll give it a while and see if these clouds clear somewhat.
