Ourense Solunar Table, April 2026
The best-rated days in April: April 1, April 2, April 3, April 16, April 17, April 18, April 30.
Every day
Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. A day with one major or minor period has its other on the next date: the moon comes round about 50 minutes later each day.
| Date | Rating | Major periods | Minor periods | Moon lit | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | Best | 12:45 AM to 2:45 AM 1:06 PM to 3:06 PM | 7:16 AM to 8:16 AM 8:09 PM to 9:09 PM | 99% | 8:14 AM | 8:57 PM |
| Apr 2 | Best | 1:27 AM to 3:27 AM 1:49 PM to 3:49 PM | 7:35 AM to 8:35 AM 9:15 PM to 10:15 PM | 100% | 8:12 AM | 8:58 PM |
| Apr 3 | Best | 2:10 AM to 4:10 AM 2:32 PM to 4:32 PM | 7:56 AM to 8:56 AM 10:20 PM to 11:20 PM | 99% | 8:11 AM | 8:59 PM |
| Apr 4 | Good | 2:54 AM to 4:54 AM 3:17 PM to 5:17 PM | 8:20 AM to 9:20 AM 11:26 PM to 12:26 AM | 96% | 8:09 AM | 9:01 PM |
| Apr 5 | Good | 3:40 AM to 5:40 AM 4:04 PM to 6:04 PM | 8:47 AM to 9:47 AM | 90% | 8:07 AM | 9:02 PM |
| Apr 6 | Poor | 4:28 AM to 6:28 AM 4:53 PM to 6:53 PM | 12:31 AM to 1:31 AM 9:21 AM to 10:21 AM | 83% | 8:06 AM | 9:03 PM |
| Apr 7 | Fair | 5:18 AM to 7:18 AM 5:44 PM to 7:44 PM | 1:33 AM to 2:33 AM 10:01 AM to 11:01 AM | 74% | 8:04 AM | 9:04 PM |
| Apr 8 | Fair | 6:10 AM to 8:10 AM 6:36 PM to 8:36 PM | 2:30 AM to 3:30 AM 10:50 AM to 11:50 AM | 65% | 8:02 AM | 9:05 PM |
| Apr 9 | Fair | 7:01 AM to 9:01 AM 7:27 PM to 9:27 PM | 3:19 AM to 4:19 AM 11:47 AM to 12:47 PM | 54% | 8:01 AM | 9:06 PM |
| Apr 10 | Fair | 7:52 AM to 9:52 AM 8:17 PM to 10:17 PM | 4:00 AM to 5:00 AM 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM | 44% | 7:59 AM | 9:07 PM |
| Apr 11 | Fair | 8:41 AM to 10:41 AM 9:05 PM to 11:05 PM | 4:33 AM to 5:33 AM 1:56 PM to 2:56 PM | 33% | 7:57 AM | 9:08 PM |
| Apr 12 | Fair | 9:29 AM to 11:29 AM 9:52 PM to 11:52 PM | 5:01 AM to 6:01 AM 3:05 PM to 4:05 PM | 24% | 7:56 AM | 9:10 PM |
| Apr 13 | Poor | 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM 10:38 PM to 12:38 AM | 5:26 AM to 6:26 AM 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM | 15% | 7:54 AM | 9:11 PM |
| Apr 14 | Fair | 11:01 AM to 1:01 PM | 5:48 AM to 6:48 AM 5:26 PM to 6:26 PM | 9% | 7:52 AM | 9:12 PM |
| Apr 15 | Good | 11:24 PM to 1:24 AM 11:47 AM to 1:47 PM | 6:09 AM to 7:09 AM 6:38 PM to 7:38 PM | 4% | 7:51 AM | 9:13 PM |
| Apr 16 | Best | 12:11 AM to 2:11 AM 12:35 PM to 2:35 PM | 6:31 AM to 7:31 AM 7:54 PM to 8:54 PM | 1% | 7:49 AM | 9:14 PM |
| Apr 17 | Best | 1:01 AM to 3:01 AM 1:27 PM to 3:27 PM | 6:56 AM to 7:56 AM 9:13 PM to 10:13 PM | 0% | 7:48 AM | 9:15 PM |
| Apr 18 | Best | 1:54 AM to 3:54 AM 2:22 PM to 4:22 PM | 7:25 AM to 8:25 AM 10:35 PM to 11:35 PM | 2% | 7:46 AM | 9:16 PM |
| Apr 19 | Good | 2:52 AM to 4:52 AM 3:22 PM to 5:22 PM | 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM | 5% | 7:44 AM | 9:17 PM |
| Apr 20 | Fair | 3:54 AM to 5:54 AM 4:26 PM to 6:26 PM | 11:57 PM to 12:57 AM 8:46 AM to 9:46 AM | 11% | 7:43 AM | 9:19 PM |
| Apr 21 | Fair | 4:59 AM to 6:59 AM 5:31 PM to 7:31 PM | 1:13 AM to 2:13 AM 9:44 AM to 10:44 AM | 19% | 7:41 AM | 9:20 PM |
| Apr 22 | Fair | 6:03 AM to 8:03 AM 6:35 PM to 8:35 PM | 2:17 AM to 3:17 AM 10:52 AM to 11:52 AM | 28% | 7:40 AM | 9:21 PM |
| Apr 23 | Fair | 7:05 AM to 9:05 AM 7:33 PM to 9:33 PM | 3:08 AM to 4:08 AM 12:07 PM to 1:07 PM | 38% | 7:38 AM | 9:22 PM |
| Apr 24 | Fair | 8:01 AM to 10:01 AM 8:27 PM to 10:27 PM | 3:47 AM to 4:47 AM 1:23 PM to 2:23 PM | 48% | 7:37 AM | 9:23 PM |
| Apr 25 | Fair | 8:52 AM to 10:52 AM 9:16 PM to 11:16 PM | 4:17 AM to 5:17 AM 2:37 PM to 3:37 PM | 59% | 7:35 AM | 9:24 PM |
| Apr 26 | Fair | 9:39 AM to 11:39 AM 10:01 PM to 12:01 AM | 4:41 AM to 5:41 AM 3:47 PM to 4:47 PM | 69% | 7:34 AM | 9:25 PM |
| Apr 27 | Poor | 10:22 AM to 12:22 PM 10:44 PM to 12:44 AM | 5:02 AM to 6:02 AM 4:54 PM to 5:54 PM | 78% | 7:32 AM | 9:26 PM |
| Apr 28 | Fair | 11:05 AM to 1:05 PM | 5:21 AM to 6:21 AM 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM | 86% | 7:31 AM | 9:28 PM |
| Apr 29 | Good | 11:26 PM to 1:26 AM 11:46 AM to 1:46 PM | 5:41 AM to 6:41 AM 7:04 PM to 8:04 PM | 93% | 7:30 AM | 9:29 PM |
| Apr 30 | Best | 12:08 AM to 2:08 AM 12:29 PM to 2:29 PM | 6:01 AM to 7:01 AM 8:09 PM to 9:09 PM | 97% | 7:28 AM | 9:30 PM |
Other months
How this is worked out
Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot (its upper and lower transits of the meridian); minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset. These are the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables, first published in 1936. The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within 1.5 days of a new or full moon (one more within 3.5 days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset (those periods are bold). Knight held the days around the new and full moon strongest; dawn and dusk are when most fish and game move anyway. The theory has mixed support in the fisheries research; the times themselves are exact astronomy, and the weather matters as much.
Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms. Solunar periods after John Alden Knight.