Veracruz · Mexico · 18.00° N · 94.64° W
Solar position in Cosoleacaque
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Cosoleacaque — computed for 18.00° N, 94.64° W, 53 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Cosoleacaque today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:27 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:52 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:14 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:44 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:02 | 60.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:20 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:50 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:12 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:38 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:03 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 36 min | |
Sun path diagram for Cosoleacaque
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 84.6° at solar noon in Cosoleacaque; on the December solstice only 48.6°. 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 | 06:53 | 12:30 | 18:06 | 11 h 14 min | 52.2° |
| February | 06:42 | 12:32 | 18:22 | 11 h 40 min | 61.7° |
| March | 06:21 | 12:25 | 18:29 | 12 h 08 min | 72.5° |
| April | 05:57 | 12:17 | 18:36 | 12 h 39 min | 84.1° |
| May | 05:43 | 12:15 | 18:46 | 13 h 03 min | 87.7° |
| June | 05:44 | 12:20 | 18:56 | 13 h 13 min | 84.6° |
| July | 05:53 | 12:25 | 18:56 | 13 h 03 min | 87.6° |
| August | 06:02 | 12:21 | 18:40 | 12 h 38 min | 83.9° |
| September | 06:07 | 12:11 | 18:15 | 12 h 08 min | 72.5° |
| October | 06:13 | 12:03 | 17:52 | 11 h 38 min | 61.1° |
| November | 06:27 | 12:04 | 17:40 | 11 h 13 min | 52.0° |
| December | 06:45 | 12:16 | 17:48 | 11 h 03 min | 48.6° |
A year of daylight in Cosoleacaque
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 Cosoleacaque
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
15°collects the most energy over a year: 1410 kWh per kWp.
38°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° | 1371 | 97% | 2.61 | 1.8× |
| 15° year-round best | 1410 | 100% | 3.01 | 1.5× |
| 18° = latitude | 1408 | 100% | 3.07 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1371 | 97% | 3.24 | 1.3× |
| 38° off-grid best | 1319 | 94% | 3.29 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1256 | 89% | 3.28 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1074 | 76% | 3.13 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 924 | 66% | 2.93 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 624 | 44% | 2.31 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Cosoleacaque produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 38° it makes 3.29 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 15°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Cosoleacaque at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 15° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 15° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.26 | 3.53 | 2.93 | 3.01 | 21.4 °C |
| February | 4.11 | 3.76 | 3.11 | 3.65 | 22.3 °C |
| March | 5.19 | 3.72 | 3.06 | 4.37 | 24.0 °C |
| April | 5.83 | 3.00 | 2.42 | 4.59 | 26.9 °C |
| May | 5.80 | 2.35 | 1.86 | 4.36 | 28.4 °C |
| June | 5.61 | 2.03 | 1.61 | 4.15 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 5.61 | 2.19 | 1.74 | 4.20 | 27.1 °C |
| August | 5.40 | 2.62 | 2.10 | 4.18 | 27.0 °C |
| September | 4.76 | 3.08 | 2.49 | 3.85 | 26.7 °C |
| October | 4.22 | 3.50 | 2.86 | 3.61 | 25.6 °C |
| November | 3.63 | 3.79 | 3.12 | 3.30 | 23.6 °C |
| December | 3.28 | 3.78 | 3.13 | 3.07 | 22.3 °C |
| Year | 4.73 avg | 3.11 avg | 924 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 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Cosoleacaque
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.
2.5 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 15°
How Cosoleacaque compares in Mexico
Against the other 624 places in Mexico with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
616thof 625 places in Mexico for sunshine, shared: 4.73 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−20%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Mexico: 1,410 against 1,754 kWh per kWp.
−6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mexico City: 13 h 13 min against 13 h 18 min.
15°best year-round tilt here; across Mexico it runs from 15° in Coatzacoalcos to 30° in Tijuana.
Of the 625 places in Mexico, Ciudad Constitución gets the most sun (6.12 peak sun hours a day) and Poza Rica de Hidalgo and one other place the least (4.59); Cosoleacaque ranks joint 616th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.61 kWh a day here, against 1.82 kWh on average in Mexico. The shortest day lasts 11 h 03 min, +6 min compared with Mexico City.
Solar forecast for Cosoleacaque, 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.