It definitely can at times. It may be small, but it is close to the sun and Earth, so we see a lot of the light it reflects. It is quite bright right now, at magnitude -1.
Saturn and Mercury may be visible to those with a clean view of the SW horizon. They will soon be over the horizon shortly after sunset. Also the remaining planets will span the sky from SE to SW perhaps in an arc of 30+ degrees. Nevertheless it is exciting!!! CDS
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Bit late - it was cloudy at sunset