Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao · Philippines · 6.49° N · 122.18° E
Solar position in Al-Barka
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Barka — computed for 6.49° N, 122.18° E, 107 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Barka today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:27 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:16 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:37 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:05 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:35 | 71.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:05 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:33 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:54 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:43 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Barka
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 73.1° at solar noon in Al-Barka; on the December solstice only 60.1°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 113° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:08 | 12:02 | 17:56 | 11 h 48 min | 63.6° |
| February | 06:06 | 12:04 | 18:03 | 11 h 57 min | 72.9° |
| March | 05:55 | 11:58 | 18:01 | 12 h 07 min | 83.7° |
| April | 05:41 | 11:50 | 17:58 | 12 h 18 min | 84.6° |
| May | 05:34 | 11:47 | 18:01 | 12 h 26 min | 76.3° |
| June | 05:38 | 11:53 | 18:08 | 12 h 30 min | 73.1° |
| July | 05:44 | 11:57 | 18:11 | 12 h 27 min | 76.0° |
| August | 05:45 | 11:54 | 18:03 | 12 h 18 min | 84.4° |
| September | 05:40 | 11:44 | 17:48 | 12 h 07 min | 84.2° |
| October | 05:37 | 11:35 | 17:34 | 11 h 57 min | 72.8° |
| November | 05:42 | 11:37 | 17:31 | 11 h 48 min | 63.6° |
| December | 05:56 | 11:49 | 17:41 | 11 h 45 min | 60.1° |
A year of daylight in Al-Barka
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-Barka
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
7°collects the most energy over a year: 1529 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1520 | 99% | 3.88 | 1.2× |
| 6° = latitude | 1529 | 100% | 3.75 | 1.3× |
| 7° year-round best | 1529 | 100% | 3.73 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1516 | 99% | 3.50 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1430 | 94% | 2.94 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1267 | 83% | 2.24 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1041 | 68% | 1.50 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 872 | 57% | 1.13 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 589 | 39% | 1.02 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Al-Barka produces the most over a year at 7°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 0° it makes 3.88 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 7°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Barka at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 7° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 7° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.00 | 4.43 | 3.59 | 4.14 | 27.5 °C |
| February | 5.56 | 4.13 | 3.36 | 4.54 | 27.4 °C |
| March | 5.90 | 3.34 | 2.69 | 4.71 | 27.7 °C |
| April | 5.87 | 2.24 | 1.78 | 4.56 | 28.2 °C |
| May | 5.35 | 1.60 | 1.25 | 4.08 | 28.2 °C |
| June | 4.92 | 1.46 | 1.13 | 3.73 | 27.9 °C |
| July | 4.92 | 1.51 | 1.18 | 3.75 | 27.6 °C |
| August | 5.24 | 1.90 | 1.50 | 4.05 | 27.6 °C |
| September | 5.29 | 2.69 | 2.16 | 4.18 | 27.6 °C |
| October | 5.19 | 3.50 | 2.83 | 4.19 | 27.8 °C |
| November | 5.14 | 4.34 | 3.51 | 4.24 | 28.0 °C |
| December | 4.96 | 4.61 | 3.74 | 4.12 | 27.9 °C |
| Year | 5.28 avg | 2.97 avg | 872 kWh | 1529 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 1,040 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 7°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Barka
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.1 mrow pitch at 7°
How Al-Barka compares in the Philippines
Against the other 519 places in the Philippines with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
5thof 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine, shared: 5.28 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Philippines: 1,529 against 1,467 kWh per kWp.
−30 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Quezon City: 12 h 30 min against 13 h 00 min.
7°best year-round tilt here; across the Philippines it runs from 4° in Bongao to 18° in Vigan.
Of the 520 places in the Philippines, Jolo gets the most sun (5.36 peak sun hours a day) and Pangil the least (4.68); Al-Barka ranks joint 5th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.13 kWh a day here, against 1.34 kWh on average in the Philippines. The shortest day lasts 11 h 45 min, +29 min compared with Quezon City.
Solar forecast for Al-Barka, 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.