Venus...

Always looks round to me.

As i said i looked at it and i said to myself it looks cresent shape its the first thing that sprang to mind......regardless of what shape it wasnt round an i saw an odd shape...i dont wear glasses maybe it was morning eyes i had

To many people i'm sure even if it isnt cresent, thats how they percieve and describe it. I'm probably one of those people but naked eye it is just a bright star to me. You must have some set of peepers or sleepy eye syndrome was the cause.


www.spacestationinfo.com/images/venus-phase1.gif

It's defiantly possible for the human eye to see the larger phase.
You just need reeeeeeaaallyyy good eyesight!

Whel put it down to experience :lol:

I wonder myself if you went back far enough in time to when the atmosphere was cleaner, and there was no light pollution, and if you got yourself the ideal observing site (like on a hill, and not by the sea), would you be able to discern a shape to Venus by naked eye? Sometimes, I think I can make out Jupiter as a round dot in the sky when it is at perihelion to us i.e. it is an ever so small blob. The last time I ever thought I'd seen that was in the 90's.

Seanie.