Is that light in the western sky seem just a bit too bright and big to be Venus?

Question

In the western skies, at about 9-30 PM and Im no astronomer
but there is a very bright light there that doesnt move and is
clearly NOT a plane. I know the questions been asked before but I really dont think that that is Venus. Unless Venus has
grown alot and gotten much brighter or started to be terrafarmed so that theres lots of light coming FROM there. Meaning it does not seem to be Venus. It appears to EMIT light and pulsate. Ive gazed long enough to know that Venus just is NOT that bright nor is Venus that BIG. I can see it
BEFORE dark. At about 8pm which on the East Coast is still very light out. So the Venus explanation really seems a bit too pat. It appears to be a very tiny star not located nearly as far as Venus but rather quite close to Earth, but then again what do -I- know, or perhaps its something so awesome that we dare not even mention it publicly? A star-sattelite perhaps?
Oh but that is just ludicrous:) I just dont believe that THAT is Venus.

Answer 1

It's definitely Venus. You can go to www.skytonight.com and check out their interactive sky chart. It will show the sky and should show you where Venus is and when it will set to the West.

I'm in Arizona and we see it in the evenings and it is EXTREMELY bright.

The pulsations are turbulence in our atmosphere.

Right now, it is the brightest thing in the sky.

Answer 2

It's Venus, thrid brightest object after the Sun and Moon.

Answer 3

Yes, that's probably Venus. Try it tomorrow without the funny cigarette.