Editing Venus (section)

=== Daylight apparitions ===
[[File:Lunar Occultation of Venus (NHQ201512070001).jpg|alt=venus next to a crescent moon in the blue daytime sky|thumb|Venus is often visible to the naked eye in daytime, as seen just prior to the lunar occultation of 7 December 2015.]]
When Venus is sufficiently bright with enough angular distance from the sun, it is easily observed in a clear daytime sky with the naked eye, though most people do not know to look for it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viewing Venus in Broad Daylight |url=https://www.fourmilab.ch/images/venus_daytime/ |access-date=17 July 2023 |website=www.fourmilab.ch |archive-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115012816/https://www.fourmilab.ch/images/venus_daytime/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Astronomer [[Edmund Halley]] calculated its maximum naked eye brightness in 1716, when many Londoners were alarmed by its appearance in the daytime. French emperor [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] once witnessed a daytime apparition of the planet while at a reception in [[Luxembourg]].<ref name="Chatfield_2015" /> Another historical daytime observation of the planet took place during the inauguration of the American president [[Abraham Lincoln]] in Washington, D.C., on 4{{spaces}}March 1865.<ref name="Gaherty_2012" />