>Hi,
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>>Yes, I heard about that; but the most I have seen, the sun was a little more than half covered (diameter), if I remember correctly. Nothing very dramatic.
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>This was pretty complete...just a very small crescent of the sun showing, first on one side, then on the other.
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>>Back to Venus: did you know you can see her in the daytime? I often saw her, sometimes close before sunset, but even at noon. The only problem is, you have to know exactly where to look. If you are a few degress off, you don't see anything.
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>I've heard of people doing that...will have to look sometime. i have a "planetarium" program on my Palm that could help me find her. So you have seen her at noon? wow. I'm impressed! w/your naked eye?

With the naked eye, aye. Most of the time, Venus is roughly 2 times the distance of your span (? distance from thumb to little finger), with your outstretched arm, from the sun. Searching around a little, you should be able to find her. Start trying this close before sunset (or after sunrise, depending on the position - now: before sunset) - since this should be easier than watching, for instance, at noon.

Once, I saw Venus at noon by pure coincidence. But several times more, I have seen her after a search. The search may take a few minutes, if you know the approximate region to search for.

Hilmar.