Between April 26th and May 3rd, Venus will be at greatest illuminated extent, this means that for this period Venus will be brighter than any time of this year. Venus magnitude will be a brilliant -4.73, however, Venus will slowly decline in magnitude after this period.

On April 26th Venus and the last quarter Moon will be nicely positioned for photographing. The last quarter moon will be 55% visible while Venus will be positioned slightly 2 o’clock from the moon.

Image shows positions on April 26th at 21:51