I see, I had made an error in how I worded my question on google and got a different answer. That's my fault.

I was saying I don't think it's a star because (as uneducated as I am on this subject) I look at the stars a lot. I usually don't see something so bright in the sky. Usually Sirius is the brightest but this wasn't in the same direction as Sirius. So I was wondering what could be so bright. It's not like a star could just appear in a day.

It was quite above the horizon. I was parked maybe 50 feet away from the house and the object was way above the house from my point of view and within an hour sunk completely behind the house and horizon. I'm not really sure how to explain it better than that, I can only use comparative measurements.