Many years ago I did this due to an observation bulitin in a popular astronomy magazine (which?) that gave directions on how to locate these planets using the Moon when it was near the ecliptic during the daytime on specific dates/times. You were to go a certain direction in degrees from the Moon to locate the planet in question. Doing so, I did locate Jupiter on one date and although its moons were not detectable, some equatorial bands were seen with some studying. On another date, I observed Saturn this way and the rings were evident but with no other details. On both occasions I was using a 4" newt.
Has anyone tried observing these planets this way before? If so, what were your thoughts on the experience/image?
With todays go-to scopes, I assume locating these planets during the daytime would be much easier, once you know where they will be in the sky at a given date/time.
On both observations, the planets were only slightly brighter than the bright background sky but without the glare of nightime observing, some details could be seen. Mr Q