Today (June 17), for the first time in 11 years, people across North America will be able to look up in the daytime sky and see Venus temporarily vanish behind the faint crescent moon.
The rare skywatching spectacle can be viewed with the naked eye and recorded without any special equipment, as long as the weather cooperates — however, using a good pair of binoculars or a backyard telescope will make it much easier to see the faint light of Venus in the daytime sky. No matter how you go about skywatching, you must take great care not to stare directly at the sun while doing so.
