Babil · Iraq · 32.30° N · 44.68° E
Solar position in Al-Qāsim
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Qāsim — computed for 32.30° N, 44.68° E, 30 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Qāsim today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:50 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:18 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:47 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:46 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:45 | 45.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:44 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:17 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:42 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:11 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 05 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Qāsim
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 81.1° at solar noon in Al-Qāsim; on the December solstice only 34.3°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 117° 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 | 07:01 | 12:12 | 17:24 | 10 h 23 min | 37.9° |
| February | 06:37 | 12:15 | 17:52 | 11 h 14 min | 47.2° |
| March | 06:04 | 12:08 | 18:13 | 12 h 09 min | 58.0° |
| April | 05:25 | 12:00 | 18:34 | 13 h 09 min | 69.6° |
| May | 04:59 | 11:57 | 18:56 | 13 h 56 min | 77.9° |
| June | 04:54 | 12:03 | 19:11 | 14 h 16 min | 81.1° |
| July | 05:08 | 12:07 | 19:06 | 13 h 58 min | 78.1° |
| August | 05:29 | 12:04 | 18:39 | 13 h 10 min | 69.8° |
| September | 05:48 | 11:54 | 17:59 | 12 h 11 min | 58.3° |
| October | 06:09 | 11:45 | 17:22 | 11 h 13 min | 47.0° |
| November | 06:35 | 11:46 | 16:58 | 10 h 23 min | 37.8° |
| December | 06:58 | 11:59 | 17:00 | 10 h 02 min | 34.3° |
A year of daylight in Al-Qāsim
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-Qāsim
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
28°collects the most energy over a year: 1751 kWh per kWp.
50°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° | 1569 | 90% | 2.38 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1710 | 98% | 3.18 | 1.9× |
| 28° year-round best | 1751 | 100% | 3.71 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1750 | 100% | 3.77 | 1.4× |
| 32° = latitude | 1748 | 100% | 3.83 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1689 | 96% | 4.13 | 1.2× |
| 50° off-grid best | 1646 | 94% | 4.19 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1531 | 87% | 4.23 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1377 | 79% | 4.15 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 987 | 56% | 3.64 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Al-Qāsim produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 50° it makes 4.19 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 28°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Qāsim at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 28° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.20 | 4.89 | 4.26 | 3.92 | 9.9 °C |
| February | 4.16 | 5.13 | 4.42 | 4.55 | 12.5 °C |
| March | 5.36 | 5.11 | 4.31 | 5.12 | 17.8 °C |
| April | 6.16 | 4.34 | 3.57 | 5.11 | 23.6 °C |
| May | 7.07 | 3.87 | 3.09 | 5.25 | 30.5 °C |
| June | 8.00 | 3.61 | 2.81 | 5.51 | 35.6 °C |
| July | 7.63 | 3.73 | 2.88 | 5.32 | 38.0 °C |
| August | 7.09 | 4.36 | 3.38 | 5.33 | 37.8 °C |
| September | 6.12 | 5.18 | 4.09 | 5.24 | 33.7 °C |
| October | 4.57 | 5.10 | 4.14 | 4.49 | 27.4 °C |
| November | 3.46 | 4.99 | 4.22 | 4.00 | 17.6 °C |
| December | 2.94 | 4.79 | 4.15 | 3.71 | 11.6 °C |
| Year | 5.49 avg | 4.59 avg | 1377 kWh | 1751 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 320 Wp at 28°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Qāsim
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 28°
How Al-Qāsim compares in Iraq
Against the other 100 places in Iraq with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
26thof 101 places in Iraq for sunshine, shared: 5.49 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iraq: 1,751 against 1,733 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baghdad: 14 h 16 min against 14 h 22 min.
28°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-Qāsim ranks joint 26th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.81 kWh a day here, against 2.99 kWh on average in Iraq. The shortest day lasts 10 h 02 min, +5 min compared with Baghdad.
Solar forecast for Al-Qāsim, 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.