Turks and Caicos Islands · 21.46° N · 71.14° W
Solar position in Cockburn Town
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Cockburn Town — computed for 21.46° N, 71.14° W, 7 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Cockburn Town today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:29 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:55 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:21 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:44 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:14 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:28 | 56.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:42 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:13 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:35 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:01 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:27 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 29 min | |
Sun path diagram for Cockburn Town
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 88.0° at solar noon in Cockburn Town; on the December solstice only 45.1°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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 | 06:24 | 11:56 | 17:27 | 11 h 03 min | 48.8° |
| February | 06:11 | 11:58 | 17:45 | 11 h 34 min | 58.2° |
| March | 06:47 | 12:51 | 18:55 | 12 h 08 min | 69.0° |
| April | 06:20 | 12:43 | 19:06 | 12 h 46 min | 80.6° |
| May | 06:03 | 12:41 | 19:18 | 13 h 15 min | 88.8° |
| June | 06:03 | 12:46 | 19:29 | 13 h 27 min | 88.0° |
| July | 06:13 | 12:51 | 19:28 | 13 h 15 min | 88.9° |
| August | 06:24 | 12:47 | 19:10 | 12 h 45 min | 80.5° |
| September | 06:33 | 12:37 | 18:41 | 12 h 09 min | 69.1° |
| October | 06:42 | 12:29 | 18:15 | 11 h 33 min | 57.7° |
| November | 05:59 | 11:30 | 17:01 | 11 h 02 min | 48.5° |
| December | 06:17 | 11:42 | 17:07 | 10 h 50 min | 45.1° |
A year of daylight in Cockburn Town
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 Cockburn Town
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
20°collects the most energy over a year: 1720 kWh per kWp.
29°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 | November kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1627 | 95% | 3.38 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1713 | 100% | 4.01 | 1.3× |
| 20° year-round best | 1720 | 100% | 4.16 | 1.2× |
| 21° = latitude | 1720 | 100% | 4.19 | 1.2× |
| 29° off-grid best | 1703 | 99% | 4.37 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1699 | 99% | 4.38 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1586 | 92% | 4.50 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1383 | 80% | 4.34 | 1.9× |
| 70° | 1206 | 70% | 4.09 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 818 | 48% | 3.26 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Cockburn Town produces the most over a year at 20°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 29° it makes 4.37 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 20°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Cockburn Town at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 20° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 20° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.30 | 5.40 | 4.42 | 4.30 | 25.1 °C |
| February | 5.27 | 5.43 | 4.46 | 4.94 | 24.9 °C |
| March | 5.96 | 4.61 | 3.78 | 5.14 | 24.8 °C |
| April | 6.55 | 3.53 | 2.88 | 5.18 | 25.5 °C |
| May | 6.42 | 2.68 | 2.15 | 4.78 | 26.4 °C |
| June | 6.55 | 2.42 | 1.92 | 4.73 | 27.6 °C |
| July | 6.65 | 2.55 | 2.03 | 4.84 | 28.2 °C |
| August | 6.48 | 3.15 | 2.52 | 4.93 | 28.5 °C |
| September | 5.95 | 4.03 | 3.25 | 4.87 | 28.5 °C |
| October | 5.10 | 4.64 | 3.76 | 4.52 | 28.1 °C |
| November | 4.32 | 5.02 | 4.09 | 4.16 | 27.0 °C |
| December | 4.10 | 5.47 | 4.46 | 4.17 | 26.1 °C |
| Year | 5.64 avg | 4.07 avg | 1206 kWh | 1720 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 610 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 20°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Cockburn Town
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.
2.8 mrow pitch at 70°
2.6 mrow pitch at 20°
Solar forecast for Cockburn Town, 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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A free, live card for Cockburn Town: where the sun is right now on today's path, a countdown to sunset or sunrise, the daylight change, the moon phase at night and the best panel angle.
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.