Irbid · Jordan · 32.56° N · 36.01° E
Solar position in Ar Ramthā
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ar Ramthā — computed for 32.56° N, 36.01° E, 536 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ar Ramthā today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:21 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:46 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:20 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:19 | 45.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:19 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:53 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:18 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:47 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 07 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ar Ramthā
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 80.9° at solar noon in Ar Ramthā; on the December solstice only 34.0°. 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 | 07:36 | 12:47 | 17:58 | 10 h 22 min | 37.6° |
| February | 07:12 | 12:49 | 18:26 | 11 h 14 min | 47.0° |
| March | 06:38 | 12:43 | 18:48 | 12 h 09 min | 57.8° |
| April | 05:59 | 12:34 | 19:09 | 13 h 10 min | 69.4° |
| May | 05:33 | 12:32 | 19:31 | 13 h 58 min | 77.7° |
| June | 05:28 | 12:37 | 19:46 | 14 h 18 min | 80.9° |
| July | 05:42 | 12:42 | 19:41 | 13 h 59 min | 77.9° |
| August | 06:03 | 12:39 | 19:14 | 13 h 11 min | 69.5° |
| September | 06:23 | 12:28 | 18:34 | 12 h 11 min | 58.1° |
| October | 06:44 | 12:20 | 17:56 | 11 h 12 min | 46.7° |
| November | 07:10 | 12:21 | 17:32 | 10 h 22 min | 37.5° |
| December | 07:33 | 12:33 | 17:34 | 10 h 01 min | 34.0° |
A year of daylight in Ar Ramthā
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 Ar Ramthā
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1799 kWh per kWp.
55°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° | 1631 | 91% | 2.24 | 2.9× |
| 15° | 1766 | 98% | 2.98 | 2.1× |
| 27° year-round best | 1799 | 100% | 3.43 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1797 | 100% | 3.52 | 1.6× |
| 33° = latitude | 1790 | 99% | 3.61 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1722 | 96% | 3.85 | 1.4× |
| 55° off-grid best | 1616 | 90% | 3.94 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1548 | 86% | 3.94 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1382 | 77% | 3.86 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 970 | 54% | 3.39 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Ar Ramthā produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 55° it makes 3.94 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 27°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ar Ramthā at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.91 | 4.33 | 3.79 | 3.49 | 8.6 °C |
| February | 3.71 | 4.44 | 3.87 | 3.99 | 10.1 °C |
| March | 5.15 | 4.90 | 4.21 | 4.99 | 13.5 °C |
| April | 6.33 | 4.46 | 3.76 | 5.41 | 17.4 °C |
| May | 7.45 | 3.95 | 3.26 | 5.73 | 22.3 °C |
| June | 8.29 | 3.54 | 2.87 | 5.92 | 25.8 °C |
| July | 8.08 | 3.70 | 2.98 | 5.84 | 27.8 °C |
| August | 7.38 | 4.44 | 3.59 | 5.80 | 27.8 °C |
| September | 6.28 | 5.38 | 4.40 | 5.61 | 25.7 °C |
| October | 4.74 | 5.48 | 4.55 | 4.84 | 22.0 °C |
| November | 3.47 | 5.08 | 4.33 | 4.05 | 15.5 °C |
| December | 2.76 | 4.45 | 3.86 | 3.43 | 10.7 °C |
| Year | 5.56 avg | 4.51 avg | 1382 kWh | 1799 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 340 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ar Ramthā
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 27°
How Ar Ramthā compares in Jordan
Against the other 30 places in Jordan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
26thof 31 places in Jordan for sunshine, shared: 5.56 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Jordan: 1,799 against 1,842 kWh per kWp.
+3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Amman: 14 h 18 min against 14 h 15 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Jordan it runs from 26° in Safi to 29° in Rukban.
Of the 31 places in Jordan, Aqaba gets the most sun (6.22 peak sun hours a day) and Judita and one other place the least (5.53); Ar Ramthā ranks joint 26th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.87 kWh a day here, against 2.82 kWh on average in Jordan. The shortest day lasts 10 h 01 min, −3 min compared with Amman.
Solar forecast for Ar Ramthā, 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.