Al-Hasakah · Syria · 37.10° N · 40.93° E
Solar position in ‘Āmūdā
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for ‘Āmūdā — computed for 37.10° N, 40.93° E, 472 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in ‘Āmūdā today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:05 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:35 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:05 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:32 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:08 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:00 | 41.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:52 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:28 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:54 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:55 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for ‘Āmūdā
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 76.3° at solar noon in ‘Āmūdā; on the December solstice only 29.5°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 60° 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 | 07:26 | 12:27 | 17:28 | 10 h 02 min | 33.1° |
| February | 06:58 | 12:30 | 18:02 | 11 h 04 min | 42.4° |
| March | 06:18 | 12:23 | 18:28 | 12 h 10 min | 53.2° |
| April | 05:34 | 12:15 | 18:56 | 13 h 22 min | 64.8° |
| May | 05:03 | 12:12 | 19:22 | 14 h 19 min | 73.1° |
| June | 04:56 | 12:18 | 19:39 | 14 h 43 min | 76.3° |
| July | 05:12 | 12:22 | 19:32 | 14 h 20 min | 73.3° |
| August | 05:37 | 12:19 | 19:00 | 13 h 23 min | 64.9° |
| September | 06:03 | 12:09 | 18:15 | 12 h 12 min | 53.5° |
| October | 06:29 | 12:00 | 17:31 | 11 h 02 min | 42.2° |
| November | 07:01 | 12:01 | 17:02 | 10 h 02 min | 33.0° |
| December | 07:25 | 12:14 | 17:02 | 9 h 37 min | 29.5° |
A year of daylight in ‘Āmūdā
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 ‘Āmūdā
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1685 kWh per kWp.
62°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° | 1480 | 88% | 1.72 | 3.7× |
| 15° | 1630 | 97% | 2.39 | 2.6× |
| 30° | 1684 | 100% | 2.91 | 2.0× |
| 31° year-round best | 1685 | 100% | 2.94 | 2.0× |
| 37° = latitude | 1676 | 99% | 3.09 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1640 | 97% | 3.25 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1501 | 89% | 3.38 | 1.5× |
| 62° off-grid best | 1476 | 88% | 3.38 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1360 | 81% | 3.35 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 991 | 59% | 3.01 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in ‘Āmūdā produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 62° it makes 3.38 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 31°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in ‘Āmūdā at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.30 | 3.79 | 3.39 | 3.07 | 2.9 °C |
| February | 3.12 | 4.08 | 3.62 | 3.64 | 5.0 °C |
| March | 4.46 | 4.59 | 4.00 | 4.55 | 9.7 °C |
| April | 5.65 | 4.35 | 3.70 | 4.98 | 14.7 °C |
| May | 6.90 | 4.13 | 3.43 | 5.41 | 20.8 °C |
| June | 8.11 | 4.00 | 3.23 | 5.79 | 27.5 °C |
| July | 7.92 | 4.17 | 3.31 | 5.69 | 31.8 °C |
| August | 7.11 | 4.80 | 3.82 | 5.62 | 31.5 °C |
| September | 5.87 | 5.52 | 4.50 | 5.43 | 26.5 °C |
| October | 4.09 | 5.10 | 4.27 | 4.43 | 19.7 °C |
| November | 2.90 | 4.74 | 4.12 | 3.77 | 10.7 °C |
| December | 2.11 | 3.77 | 3.35 | 2.94 | 4.9 °C |
| Year | 5.05 avg | 4.42 avg | 1360 kWh | 1685 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 400 Wp at 31°. The steep array is 9% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in ‘Āmūdā
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.
4.5 mrow pitch at 70°
3.8 mrow pitch at 31°
How ‘Āmūdā compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
81stof 88 places in Syria for sunshine: 5.05 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,684 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
+5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 43 min against 14 h 38 min.
31°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); ‘Āmūdā ranks 81st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.23 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 9 h 37 min, −5 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for ‘Āmūdā, 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.