Babil · Iraq · 32.78° N · 44.29° E
Solar position in Al-Musayab
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Musayab — computed for 32.78° N, 44.29° E, 37 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Musayab today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:51 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:19 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:48 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:13 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:47 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:46 | 45.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:46 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:19 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:45 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:13 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:42 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Musayab
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-Musayab; on the December solstice only 33.8°. 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 | 07:03 | 12:14 | 17:24 | 10 h 21 min | 37.4° |
| February | 06:40 | 12:16 | 17:53 | 11 h 13 min | 46.7° |
| March | 06:05 | 12:10 | 18:14 | 12 h 09 min | 57.5° |
| April | 05:26 | 12:01 | 18:37 | 13 h 11 min | 69.1° |
| May | 05:00 | 11:59 | 18:58 | 13 h 58 min | 77.4° |
| June | 04:55 | 12:04 | 19:14 | 14 h 19 min | 80.7° |
| July | 05:09 | 12:09 | 19:09 | 14 h 00 min | 77.7° |
| August | 05:30 | 12:05 | 18:41 | 13 h 11 min | 69.3° |
| September | 05:50 | 11:55 | 18:01 | 12 h 11 min | 57.9° |
| October | 06:11 | 11:47 | 17:23 | 11 h 12 min | 46.5° |
| November | 06:38 | 11:48 | 16:58 | 10 h 21 min | 37.3° |
| December | 07:01 | 12:00 | 17:00 | 9 h 59 min | 33.8° |
A year of daylight in Al-Musayab
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-Musayab
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
29°collects the most energy over a year: 1748 kWh per kWp.
52°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° | 1563 | 89% | 2.33 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1705 | 98% | 3.11 | 1.9× |
| 29° year-round best | 1748 | 100% | 3.67 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1748 | 100% | 3.70 | 1.5× |
| 33° = latitude | 1744 | 100% | 3.79 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1689 | 97% | 4.06 | 1.2× |
| 52° off-grid best | 1628 | 93% | 4.14 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1533 | 88% | 4.16 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1381 | 79% | 4.08 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 992 | 57% | 3.60 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Al-Musayab produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 52° it makes 4.14 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 29°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Musayab at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 29° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.14 | 4.84 | 4.23 | 3.91 | 9.5 °C |
| February | 4.09 | 5.09 | 4.40 | 4.52 | 12.0 °C |
| March | 5.31 | 5.12 | 4.33 | 5.12 | 17.3 °C |
| April | 6.15 | 4.37 | 3.61 | 5.12 | 23.0 °C |
| May | 7.09 | 3.91 | 3.13 | 5.27 | 29.8 °C |
| June | 8.00 | 3.65 | 2.85 | 5.50 | 35.0 °C |
| July | 7.62 | 3.77 | 2.92 | 5.31 | 37.4 °C |
| August | 7.07 | 4.39 | 3.41 | 5.33 | 37.3 °C |
| September | 6.08 | 5.20 | 4.12 | 5.24 | 33.1 °C |
| October | 4.51 | 5.09 | 4.14 | 4.48 | 26.9 °C |
| November | 3.42 | 4.99 | 4.23 | 4.02 | 17.1 °C |
| December | 2.87 | 4.71 | 4.08 | 3.67 | 11.2 °C |
| Year | 5.45 avg | 4.59 avg | 1381 kWh | 1748 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 410 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Musayab
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.
3.9 mrow pitch at 70°
3.4 mrow pitch at 29°
How Al-Musayab compares in Iraq
Against the other 100 places in Iraq with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
38thof 101 places in Iraq for sunshine: 5.45 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iraq: 1,748 against 1,733 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baghdad: 14 h 19 min against 14 h 22 min.
29°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-Musayab ranks 38th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.86 kWh a day here, against 2.99 kWh on average in Iraq. The shortest day lasts 9 h 59 min, +3 min compared with Baghdad.
Solar forecast for Al-Musayab, 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.