Al Marqab · Libya · 32.71° N · 13.97° E
Solar position in Al-'Alūaṣ
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-'Alūaṣ — computed for 32.71° N, 13.97° E, 48 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-'Alūaṣ today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:52 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:49 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:15 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:48 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:48 | 45.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:47 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:21 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:46 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:15 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:43 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-'Alūaṣ
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 80.7° at solar noon in Al-'Alūaṣ; on the December solstice only 33.9°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 56° 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 | 08:04 | 13:15 | 18:26 | 10 h 22 min | 37.5° |
| February | 07:41 | 13:17 | 18:54 | 11 h 14 min | 46.8° |
| March | 07:06 | 13:11 | 19:16 | 12 h 09 min | 57.6° |
| April | 06:27 | 13:02 | 19:38 | 13 h 11 min | 69.2° |
| May | 06:01 | 13:00 | 20:00 | 13 h 58 min | 77.5° |
| June | 05:56 | 13:05 | 20:15 | 14 h 18 min | 80.7° |
| July | 06:10 | 13:10 | 20:10 | 13 h 59 min | 77.7° |
| August | 06:31 | 13:07 | 19:42 | 13 h 11 min | 69.3° |
| September | 06:51 | 12:57 | 19:02 | 12 h 11 min | 57.9° |
| October | 07:12 | 12:48 | 18:24 | 11 h 12 min | 46.5° |
| November | 07:39 | 12:49 | 18:00 | 10 h 21 min | 37.3° |
| December | 08:02 | 13:02 | 18:02 | 10 h 00 min | 33.9° |
A year of daylight in Al-'Alūaṣ
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-'Alūaṣ
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1735 kWh per kWp.
57°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° | 1566 | 90% | 2.15 | 2.9× |
| 15° | 1700 | 98% | 2.83 | 2.1× |
| 27° year-round best | 1735 | 100% | 3.25 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1733 | 100% | 3.34 | 1.7× |
| 33° = latitude | 1728 | 100% | 3.42 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1666 | 96% | 3.64 | 1.4× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1542 | 89% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1502 | 87% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1346 | 78% | 3.64 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 955 | 55% | 3.20 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Al-'Alūaṣ produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 57° it makes 3.72 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 27°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-'Alūaṣ at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.07 | 4.72 | 4.05 | 3.69 | 13.4 °C |
| February | 3.96 | 4.90 | 4.21 | 4.29 | 13.4 °C |
| March | 5.16 | 4.96 | 4.23 | 4.99 | 15.4 °C |
| April | 6.28 | 4.44 | 3.74 | 5.37 | 18.0 °C |
| May | 7.10 | 3.83 | 3.17 | 5.51 | 21.1 °C |
| June | 7.67 | 3.49 | 2.84 | 5.58 | 24.7 °C |
| July | 7.75 | 3.69 | 2.97 | 5.67 | 27.4 °C |
| August | 7.01 | 4.31 | 3.48 | 5.53 | 28.0 °C |
| September | 5.67 | 4.82 | 3.93 | 5.01 | 26.6 °C |
| October | 4.37 | 4.93 | 4.06 | 4.37 | 23.5 °C |
| November | 3.30 | 4.74 | 3.98 | 3.75 | 19.0 °C |
| December | 2.69 | 4.27 | 3.64 | 3.25 | 15.1 °C |
| Year | 5.34 avg | 4.42 avg | 1346 kWh | 1735 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 420 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-'Alūaṣ
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.
3.8 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 27°
How Al-'Alūaṣ compares in Libya
Against the other 58 places in Libya with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
55thof 59 places in Libya for sunshine: 5.34 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Libya: 1,735 against 1,820 kWh per kWp.
−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tripoli: 14 h 18 min against 14 h 19 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Libya it runs from 23° in At Tāj to 29° in Nālūt.
Of the 59 places in Libya, Al Jawf and one other place get the most sun (6.58 peak sun hours a day) and Zliten the least (5.18); Al-'Alūaṣ ranks 55th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.84 kWh a day here, against 2.76 kWh on average in Libya. The shortest day lasts 10 h 00 min, +1 min compared with Tripoli.
Solar forecast for Al-'Alūaṣ, 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.