Agree completely. Like you, just stating a fact. Jupiter is close to its farthest from earth. If it was furthest it might be completely blocked out by the sun. And yes it is still a very bright object.
Just checked on Heavens-Above.com and Jupiter is currently 6.4 AU distant. An AU, as I’m sure you know, is the average distance bewteen the earth and the sun. It roughly equates to 92.5 million miles. 6.4 AUs is approximately 592 million miles. As for Venus, it’s currently at 1.6 AUs, or ~148 million miles. It can get as close as 23 or so million at times.