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you can scan the blue sky with binoculars until you find the moon's pale crescent. Once located, you'll discover both of the moon and Venus are surprisingly easy to see with the naked eye. A smartphone camera is zoomed and pointed in the right direction will have no trouble recording the scene. Warning, do not point your optics at the sun, standing in the shadows as a good way to avoid this blinding mistake. The occultation starts around 4 p.m. eastern daylight time on the east coast, or about 11 40 a.m. Pacific daylight time on the west coast. Time varies by 10 minutes. Oh, just a sec.