Caraga · Philippines · 8.61° N · 125.91° E
Solar position in Bah-Bah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bah-Bah — computed for 8.61° N, 125.91° E, 43 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bah-Bah today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:38 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:03 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:24 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:52 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:20 | 69.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:48 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:16 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:37 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:02 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:27 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 52 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bah-Bah
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 75.2° at solar noon in Bah-Bah; on the December solstice only 58.0°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 05:56 | 11:47 | 17:38 | 11 h 42 min | 61.5° |
| February | 05:53 | 11:50 | 17:46 | 11 h 54 min | 70.8° |
| March | 05:40 | 11:43 | 17:47 | 12 h 07 min | 81.6° |
| April | 05:24 | 11:35 | 17:45 | 12 h 21 min | 86.8° |
| May | 05:16 | 11:32 | 17:49 | 12 h 33 min | 78.4° |
| June | 05:19 | 11:38 | 17:56 | 12 h 38 min | 75.2° |
| July | 05:26 | 11:42 | 17:59 | 12 h 33 min | 78.1° |
| August | 05:28 | 11:39 | 17:50 | 12 h 22 min | 86.5° |
| September | 05:25 | 11:29 | 17:33 | 12 h 07 min | 82.1° |
| October | 05:24 | 11:20 | 17:17 | 11 h 54 min | 70.7° |
| November | 05:31 | 11:22 | 17:13 | 11 h 42 min | 61.5° |
| December | 05:45 | 11:34 | 17:22 | 11 h 37 min | 58.0° |
A year of daylight in Bah-Bah
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 Bah-Bah
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
7°collects the most energy over a year: 1410 kWh per kWp.
21°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 | January kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1403 | 99% | 3.06 | 1.5× |
| 7° year-round best | 1410 | 100% | 3.21 | 1.4× |
| 9° = latitude | 1409 | 100% | 3.24 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1398 | 99% | 3.33 | 1.3× |
| 21° off-grid best | 1375 | 98% | 3.39 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1318 | 93% | 3.43 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1169 | 83% | 3.34 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 962 | 68% | 3.07 | 2.1× |
| 70° | 806 | 57% | 2.80 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 548 | 39% | 2.07 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Bah-Bah produces the most over a year at 7°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 21° it makes 3.39 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 7°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bah-Bah at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 7° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 7° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.86 | 3.43 | 2.80 | 3.21 | 25.3 °C |
| February | 4.50 | 3.43 | 2.80 | 3.70 | 25.2 °C |
| March | 5.20 | 3.12 | 2.53 | 4.20 | 25.5 °C |
| April | 5.57 | 2.30 | 1.84 | 4.38 | 26.3 °C |
| May | 5.38 | 1.69 | 1.32 | 4.14 | 27.0 °C |
| June | 5.02 | 1.53 | 1.19 | 3.83 | 26.8 °C |
| July | 4.96 | 1.64 | 1.28 | 3.81 | 26.6 °C |
| August | 5.19 | 2.05 | 1.63 | 4.04 | 26.7 °C |
| September | 5.16 | 2.77 | 2.23 | 4.10 | 26.7 °C |
| October | 4.94 | 3.46 | 2.81 | 4.01 | 26.6 °C |
| November | 4.35 | 3.73 | 3.04 | 3.60 | 26.2 °C |
| December | 4.00 | 3.74 | 3.05 | 3.34 | 25.8 °C |
| Year | 4.84 avg | 2.74 avg | 806 kWh | 1410 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 990 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 7°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bah-Bah
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 7°
How Bah-Bah compares in the Philippines
Against the other 519 places in the Philippines with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
447thof 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine, shared: 4.84 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Philippines: 1,410 against 1,467 kWh per kWp.
−22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Quezon City: 12 h 38 min against 13 h 00 min.
7°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); Bah-Bah ranks joint 447th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.19 kWh a day here, against 1.34 kWh on average in the Philippines. The shortest day lasts 11 h 37 min, +22 min compared with Quezon City.
Solar forecast for Bah-Bah, 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.