Salah ad Din · Iraq · 34.71° N · 43.70° E
Solar position in Al-'Alam
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-'Alam — computed for 34.71° N, 43.70° E, 94 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-'Alam today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:54 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:19 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:49 | 43.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:44 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:18 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:44 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:14 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:43 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 00 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-'Alam
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 78.7° at solar noon in Al-'Alam; on the December solstice only 31.9°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 58° 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 | 07:10 | 12:16 | 17:23 | 10 h 13 min | 35.5° |
| February | 06:44 | 12:19 | 17:53 | 11 h 09 min | 44.8° |
| March | 06:07 | 12:12 | 18:17 | 12 h 10 min | 55.6° |
| April | 05:26 | 12:04 | 18:41 | 13 h 16 min | 67.2° |
| May | 04:58 | 12:01 | 19:05 | 14 h 07 min | 75.5° |
| June | 04:52 | 12:07 | 19:21 | 14 h 29 min | 78.7° |
| July | 05:07 | 12:11 | 19:15 | 14 h 09 min | 75.7° |
| August | 05:30 | 12:08 | 18:46 | 13 h 16 min | 67.3° |
| September | 05:52 | 11:58 | 18:03 | 12 h 11 min | 55.9° |
| October | 06:15 | 11:49 | 17:23 | 11 h 08 min | 44.6° |
| November | 06:44 | 11:50 | 16:57 | 10 h 13 min | 35.4° |
| December | 07:08 | 12:03 | 16:58 | 9 h 50 min | 31.9° |
A year of daylight in Al-'Alam
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 Al-'Alam
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1747 kWh per kWp.
59°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1544 | 88% | 2.08 | 3.0× |
| 15° | 1696 | 97% | 2.84 | 2.2× |
| 30° year-round best | 1747 | 100% | 3.41 | 1.7× |
| 35° = latitude | 1741 | 100% | 3.55 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1696 | 97% | 3.77 | 1.4× |
| 59° off-grid best | 1560 | 89% | 3.89 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1547 | 89% | 3.89 | 1.2× |
| 70° | 1399 | 80% | 3.83 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 1013 | 58% | 3.41 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Al-'Alam produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 59° it makes 3.89 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 30°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-'Alam at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.85 | 4.59 | 4.03 | 3.68 | 7.9 °C |
| February | 3.79 | 4.89 | 4.26 | 4.31 | 10.3 °C |
| March | 5.10 | 5.11 | 4.35 | 5.04 | 15.4 °C |
| April | 6.02 | 4.44 | 3.69 | 5.11 | 21.0 °C |
| May | 7.17 | 4.08 | 3.29 | 5.41 | 27.5 °C |
| June | 8.15 | 3.84 | 3.03 | 5.65 | 33.1 °C |
| July | 7.80 | 3.97 | 3.09 | 5.48 | 35.9 °C |
| August | 7.13 | 4.60 | 3.60 | 5.46 | 35.6 °C |
| September | 6.03 | 5.37 | 4.29 | 5.33 | 31.2 °C |
| October | 4.39 | 5.19 | 4.26 | 4.52 | 24.9 °C |
| November | 3.27 | 5.05 | 4.31 | 4.02 | 15.4 °C |
| December | 2.57 | 4.40 | 3.83 | 3.41 | 9.8 °C |
| Year | 5.36 avg | 4.62 avg | 1399 kWh | 1747 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 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 350 Wp at 30°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-'Alam
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.
4.1 mrow pitch at 70°
3.6 mrow pitch at 30°
How Al-'Alam compares in Iraq
Against the other 100 places in Iraq with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
60thof 101 places in Iraq for sunshine, shared: 5.36 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iraq: 1,747 against 1,733 kWh per kWp.
+7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baghdad: 14 h 29 min against 14 h 22 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Iraq it runs from 26° in Al Fāw to 31° in Mosul.
Of the 101 places in Iraq, Basrah and 2 other places get the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya the least (4.99); Al-'Alam ranks joint 60th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.03 kWh a day here, against 2.99 kWh on average in Iraq. The shortest day lasts 9 h 50 min, −7 min compared with Baghdad.
Solar forecast for Al-'Alam, 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.