Raqqa · Syria · 35.84° N · 38.55° E
Solar position in Al-Tabqa
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Tabqa — computed for 35.84° N, 38.55° E, 342 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Tabqa today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:14 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:44 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:40 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:15 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:09 | 42.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:04 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:05 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:35 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 59 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Tabqa
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 77.6° at solar noon in Al-Tabqa; on the December solstice only 30.8°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 59° 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 | 07:33 | 12:37 | 17:41 | 10 h 08 min | 34.3° |
| February | 07:06 | 12:39 | 18:13 | 11 h 07 min | 43.7° |
| March | 06:28 | 12:33 | 18:38 | 12 h 10 min | 54.5° |
| April | 05:45 | 12:24 | 19:04 | 13 h 19 min | 66.1° |
| May | 05:16 | 12:22 | 19:28 | 14 h 13 min | 74.4° |
| June | 05:09 | 12:27 | 19:45 | 14 h 36 min | 77.6° |
| July | 05:25 | 12:32 | 19:39 | 14 h 14 min | 74.6° |
| August | 05:49 | 12:28 | 19:08 | 13 h 19 min | 66.2° |
| September | 06:12 | 12:18 | 18:24 | 12 h 12 min | 54.8° |
| October | 06:37 | 12:10 | 17:42 | 11 h 05 min | 43.4° |
| November | 07:07 | 12:11 | 17:15 | 10 h 08 min | 34.2° |
| December | 07:32 | 12:23 | 17:15 | 9 h 44 min | 30.8° |
A year of daylight in Al-Tabqa
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-Tabqa
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1725 kWh per kWp.
60°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° | 1529 | 89% | 1.89 | 3.4× |
| 15° | 1677 | 97% | 2.57 | 2.4× |
| 30° year-round best | 1725 | 100% | 3.09 | 1.9× |
| 36° = latitude | 1716 | 99% | 3.25 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1673 | 97% | 3.42 | 1.5× |
| 60° off-grid best | 1525 | 88% | 3.53 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1378 | 80% | 3.49 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 997 | 58% | 3.11 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Al-Tabqa produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 60° it makes 3.53 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 30°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Tabqa at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.55 | 4.03 | 3.57 | 3.27 | 5.4 °C |
| February | 3.44 | 4.39 | 3.85 | 3.91 | 7.6 °C |
| March | 4.87 | 4.91 | 4.24 | 4.88 | 11.9 °C |
| April | 6.08 | 4.58 | 3.87 | 5.30 | 16.6 °C |
| May | 7.15 | 4.16 | 3.43 | 5.55 | 22.0 °C |
| June | 8.07 | 3.92 | 3.16 | 5.78 | 27.2 °C |
| July | 7.85 | 4.05 | 3.23 | 5.67 | 30.5 °C |
| August | 7.06 | 4.65 | 3.73 | 5.58 | 30.3 °C |
| September | 5.86 | 5.35 | 4.35 | 5.34 | 26.6 °C |
| October | 4.26 | 5.11 | 4.26 | 4.48 | 21.0 °C |
| November | 3.06 | 4.77 | 4.11 | 3.81 | 12.5 °C |
| December | 2.32 | 3.96 | 3.49 | 3.09 | 7.1 °C |
| Year | 5.22 avg | 4.49 avg | 1378 kWh | 1725 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 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 30°. The steep array is 2% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Tabqa
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.
4.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.6 mrow pitch at 30°
How Al-Tabqa compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
44thof 88 places in Syria for sunshine, shared: 5.22 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,725 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 36 min against 14 h 38 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Syria it runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī.
Of the 88 places in Syria, As-Suwayda gets the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Al Mālikīyah the least (5.02); Al-Tabqa ranks joint 44th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.16 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 9 h 44 min, +2 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for Al-Tabqa, 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.