I had been noticing it in the evenings and took a hand-held photo (May 25) with my phone[0]. I guessed it was Venus before taking the picture and was surprised

I had been noticing it in the evenings and took a hand-held photo (May 25) with my phone[0]. I guessed it was Venus before taking the picture and was surprised that it wasn't just a bright blob. Here's a random telescoe video[1] from 2015 [0] https://imgur.com/a/HEMkc0D https://imgur.com/a/HEMkc0D [1] https://youtu.be/oStzotcrfBc https://youtu.be/oStzotcrfBc