River Nile · Sudan · 17.60° N · 33.97° E
Solar position in Ad-Damir
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ad-Damir — computed for 17.60° N, 33.97° E, 354 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ad-Damir today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:26 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:17 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:39 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:09 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:28 | 60.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:47 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:16 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:38 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:04 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:29 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 37 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ad-Damir
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 84.2° at solar noon in Ad-Damir; on the December solstice only 49.0°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:17 | 11:55 | 17:32 | 11 h 15 min | 52.6° |
| February | 06:07 | 11:57 | 17:47 | 11 h 40 min | 61.9° |
| March | 05:47 | 11:51 | 17:55 | 12 h 08 min | 72.7° |
| April | 05:24 | 11:42 | 18:01 | 12 h 38 min | 84.3° |
| May | 05:10 | 11:40 | 18:11 | 13 h 01 min | 87.4° |
| June | 05:10 | 11:45 | 18:21 | 13 h 11 min | 84.2° |
| July | 05:19 | 11:50 | 18:21 | 13 h 02 min | 87.2° |
| August | 05:28 | 11:47 | 18:06 | 12 h 38 min | 84.4° |
| September | 05:32 | 11:37 | 17:41 | 12 h 08 min | 73.0° |
| October | 05:38 | 11:28 | 17:18 | 11 h 39 min | 61.6° |
| November | 05:52 | 11:29 | 17:07 | 11 h 15 min | 52.5° |
| December | 06:09 | 11:42 | 17:14 | 11 h 05 min | 49.0° |
A year of daylight in Ad-Damir
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Ad-Damir
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1971 kWh per kWp.
15°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1883 | 96% | 5.46 | 1.4× |
| 15° off-grid best | 1968 | 100% | 5.11 | 1.2× |
| 18° = latitude | 1971 | 100% | 5.01 | 1.2× |
| 19° year-round best | 1971 | 100% | 4.97 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1937 | 98% | 4.48 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1794 | 91% | 3.61 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1550 | 79% | 2.58 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 1341 | 68% | 1.88 | 3.1× |
| 90° | 909 | 46% | 1.16 | 3.9× |
A fixed array in Ad-Damir produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 15° it makes 5.11 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 19°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ad-Damir at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.62 | 6.72 | 5.58 | 5.56 | 21.5 °C |
| February | 6.35 | 6.07 | 4.99 | 5.80 | 24.0 °C |
| March | 7.18 | 5.13 | 4.17 | 6.00 | 26.9 °C |
| April | 7.64 | 3.69 | 2.94 | 5.79 | 30.8 °C |
| May | 7.52 | 2.73 | 2.13 | 5.33 | 34.1 °C |
| June | 7.43 | 2.37 | 1.83 | 5.10 | 35.6 °C |
| July | 7.12 | 2.43 | 1.88 | 4.97 | 34.7 °C |
| August | 6.80 | 3.06 | 2.40 | 5.00 | 33.7 °C |
| September | 6.65 | 4.15 | 3.27 | 5.20 | 34.3 °C |
| October | 6.24 | 5.32 | 4.24 | 5.34 | 31.9 °C |
| November | 5.70 | 6.41 | 5.20 | 5.41 | 27.0 °C |
| December | 5.31 | 6.73 | 5.54 | 5.32 | 23.3 °C |
| Year | 6.63 avg | 4.56 avg | 1341 kWh | 1971 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 650 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 240 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ad-Damir
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
2.5 mrow pitch at 70°
2.5 mrow pitch at 19°
How Ad-Damir compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
8thof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine, shared: 6.63 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 1,971 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
+8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 13 h 11 min against 13 h 03 min.
19°best year-round tilt here; across Sudan it runs from 12° in Abyei to 19° in Atbara.
Of the 75 places in Sudan, Mellit gets the most sun (6.72 peak sun hours a day) and Port Sudan the least (5.78); Ad-Damir ranks joint 8th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.83 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Sudan. The shortest day lasts 11 h 05 min, −8 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Ad-Damir, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.