Cagayan Valley · Philippines · 16.51° N · 121.19° E
Solar position in Baggabag B
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Baggabag B — computed for 16.51° N, 121.19° E, 259 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Baggabag B today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:02 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:50 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:19 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:39 | 61.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:58 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:28 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:50 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:15 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 38 min | |
Sun path diagram for Baggabag B
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 83.1° at solar noon in Baggabag B; on the December solstice only 50.1°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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 | 06:27 | 12:06 | 17:45 | 11 h 18 min | 53.6° |
| February | 06:18 | 12:08 | 17:59 | 11 h 42 min | 62.9° |
| March | 05:58 | 12:02 | 18:06 | 12 h 07 min | 73.7° |
| April | 05:36 | 11:54 | 18:11 | 12 h 36 min | 85.3° |
| May | 05:23 | 11:51 | 18:20 | 12 h 57 min | 86.3° |
| June | 05:23 | 11:56 | 18:30 | 13 h 07 min | 83.1° |
| July | 05:32 | 12:01 | 18:30 | 12 h 58 min | 86.0° |
| August | 05:40 | 11:58 | 18:16 | 12 h 36 min | 85.6° |
| September | 05:44 | 11:48 | 17:52 | 12 h 08 min | 74.2° |
| October | 05:49 | 11:39 | 17:30 | 11 h 41 min | 62.8° |
| November | 06:01 | 11:40 | 17:20 | 11 h 18 min | 53.6° |
| December | 06:18 | 11:53 | 17:27 | 11 h 09 min | 50.1° |
A year of daylight in Baggabag B
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 Baggabag B
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
14°collects the most energy over a year: 1456 kWh per kWp.
30°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° | 1422 | 98% | 2.76 | 1.8× |
| 14° year-round best | 1456 | 100% | 3.16 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1456 | 100% | 3.18 | 1.5× |
| 17° = latitude | 1454 | 100% | 3.22 | 1.5× |
| 30° off-grid best | 1409 | 97% | 3.42 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1286 | 88% | 3.46 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1096 | 75% | 3.31 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 941 | 65% | 3.11 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 637 | 44% | 2.47 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Baggabag B produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 30° it makes 3.42 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 14°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Baggabag B at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 14° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.94 | 4.17 | 3.46 | 3.59 | 22.4 °C |
| February | 4.70 | 4.21 | 3.48 | 4.13 | 22.9 °C |
| March | 5.48 | 3.83 | 3.14 | 4.58 | 24.4 °C |
| April | 6.15 | 3.02 | 2.44 | 4.84 | 26.2 °C |
| May | 6.00 | 2.22 | 1.77 | 4.53 | 26.8 °C |
| June | 5.75 | 1.93 | 1.53 | 4.28 | 26.4 °C |
| July | 5.19 | 2.01 | 1.60 | 3.92 | 25.9 °C |
| August | 4.82 | 2.39 | 1.92 | 3.74 | 25.7 °C |
| September | 4.94 | 3.10 | 2.51 | 3.99 | 25.6 °C |
| October | 4.41 | 3.53 | 2.88 | 3.73 | 25.0 °C |
| November | 3.86 | 3.83 | 3.14 | 3.43 | 24.5 °C |
| December | 3.48 | 3.76 | 3.11 | 3.16 | 23.3 °C |
| Year | 4.89 avg | 3.16 avg | 941 kWh | 1456 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 770 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Baggabag B
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.
2.4 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 14°
How Baggabag B compares in the Philippines
Against the other 519 places in the Philippines with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
390thof 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine, shared: 4.89 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Philippines: 1,456 against 1,467 kWh per kWp.
+7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Quezon City: 13 h 07 min against 13 h 00 min.
14°best year-round tilt here; across the Philippines it runs from 4° in Bongao to 18° in Vigan.
Of the 520 places in the Philippines, Jolo gets the most sun (5.36 peak sun hours a day) and Pangil the least (4.68); Baggabag B ranks joint 390th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.53 kWh a day here, against 1.34 kWh on average in the Philippines. The shortest day lasts 11 h 09 min, −7 min compared with Quezon City.
Solar forecast for Baggabag B, 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.