Jabal al Gharbi · Libya · 32.18° N · 13.06° E
Solar position in Al Qawāsim
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al Qawāsim — computed for 32.18° N, 13.06° E, 537 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al Qawāsim today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:55 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:24 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:18 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:51 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:51 | 46.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:25 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:50 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 07 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al Qawāsim
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 81.3° at solar noon in Al Qawāsim; on the December solstice only 34.4°. 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 | 08:07 | 13:19 | 18:31 | 10 h 24 min | 38.0° |
| February | 07:44 | 13:21 | 18:58 | 11 h 15 min | 47.4° |
| March | 07:10 | 13:15 | 19:19 | 12 h 09 min | 58.2° |
| April | 06:32 | 13:06 | 19:41 | 13 h 09 min | 69.8° |
| May | 06:06 | 13:04 | 20:02 | 13 h 56 min | 78.1° |
| June | 06:01 | 13:09 | 20:17 | 14 h 16 min | 81.3° |
| July | 06:15 | 13:14 | 20:12 | 13 h 57 min | 78.2° |
| August | 06:35 | 13:10 | 19:45 | 13 h 10 min | 69.8° |
| September | 06:55 | 13:00 | 19:05 | 12 h 11 min | 58.4° |
| October | 07:15 | 12:52 | 18:28 | 11 h 13 min | 47.0° |
| November | 07:41 | 12:53 | 18:04 | 10 h 23 min | 37.9° |
| December | 08:04 | 13:05 | 18:07 | 10 h 02 min | 34.4° |
A year of daylight in Al Qawāsim
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 Qawāsim
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: 1832 kWh per kWp.
51°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° | 1644 | 90% | 2.40 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1791 | 98% | 3.21 | 1.9× |
| 28° year-round best | 1832 | 100% | 3.75 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1831 | 100% | 3.82 | 1.5× |
| 32° = latitude | 1828 | 100% | 3.88 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1763 | 96% | 4.18 | 1.3× |
| 51° off-grid best | 1707 | 93% | 4.26 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1594 | 87% | 4.29 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1430 | 78% | 4.21 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 1016 | 55% | 3.70 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Al Qawāsim produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 51° it makes 4.26 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 28°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al Qawāsim 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 | 3.35 | 5.27 | 4.58 | 4.18 | 10.7 °C |
| February | 4.26 | 5.32 | 4.60 | 4.71 | 11.4 °C |
| March | 5.46 | 5.23 | 4.47 | 5.31 | 14.7 °C |
| April | 6.51 | 4.54 | 3.82 | 5.52 | 18.4 °C |
| May | 7.32 | 3.87 | 3.19 | 5.59 | 22.2 °C |
| June | 7.89 | 3.49 | 2.83 | 5.62 | 26.1 °C |
| July | 8.03 | 3.70 | 2.97 | 5.75 | 28.5 °C |
| August | 7.30 | 4.39 | 3.54 | 5.69 | 28.6 °C |
| September | 5.94 | 5.01 | 4.08 | 5.23 | 26.6 °C |
| October | 4.63 | 5.24 | 4.34 | 4.68 | 22.5 °C |
| November | 3.58 | 5.24 | 4.44 | 4.19 | 16.8 °C |
| December | 2.97 | 4.87 | 4.21 | 3.75 | 12.2 °C |
| Year | 5.61 avg | 4.68 avg | 1430 kWh | 1832 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 310 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 Qawāsim
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 Qawāsim compares in Libya
Against the other 58 places in Libya with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
21stof 59 places in Libya for sunshine, shared: 5.61 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Libya: 1,832 against 1,820 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tripoli: 14 h 16 min against 14 h 19 min.
28°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 Qawāsim ranks joint 21st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.83 kWh a day here, against 2.76 kWh on average in Libya. The shortest day lasts 10 h 02 min, +3 min compared with Tripoli.
Solar forecast for Al Qawāsim, 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.