Marrakesh-Safi · Morocco · 31.17° N · 8.85° W
Solar position in Imi-n-Tanout
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Imi-n-Tanout — computed for 31.17° N, 8.85° W, 896 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Imi-n-Tanout today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:23 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:19 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:44 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:17 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:19 | 47.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:20 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:54 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:18 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:47 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 10 min | |
Sun path diagram for Imi-n-Tanout
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 82.3° at solar noon in Imi-n-Tanout; on the December solstice only 35.4°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 08:32 | 13:46 | 19:00 | 10 h 28 min | 39.0° |
| February | 07:10 | 12:49 | 18:27 | 11 h 17 min | 48.4° |
| March | 06:38 | 12:42 | 18:47 | 12 h 09 min | 59.2° |
| April | 07:00 | 13:34 | 20:07 | 13 h 07 min | 70.8° |
| May | 06:36 | 13:32 | 20:28 | 13 h 52 min | 79.1° |
| June | 06:31 | 13:37 | 20:42 | 14 h 11 min | 82.3° |
| July | 06:45 | 13:41 | 20:37 | 13 h 53 min | 79.2° |
| August | 07:04 | 13:38 | 20:11 | 13 h 07 min | 70.8° |
| September | 07:23 | 13:28 | 19:33 | 12 h 10 min | 59.4° |
| October | 07:42 | 13:19 | 18:57 | 11 h 15 min | 48.0° |
| November | 08:07 | 13:21 | 18:34 | 10 h 27 min | 38.9° |
| December | 08:29 | 13:33 | 18:37 | 10 h 07 min | 35.4° |
A year of daylight in Imi-n-Tanout
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 Imi-n-Tanout
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
29°collects the most energy over a year: 1911 kWh per kWp.
42°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° | 1702 | 89% | 2.71 | 2.4× |
| 15° | 1863 | 97% | 3.70 | 1.7× |
| 29° year-round best | 1911 | 100% | 4.41 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1911 | 100% | 4.45 | 1.3× |
| 31° = latitude | 1910 | 100% | 4.49 | 1.3× |
| 42° off-grid best | 1867 | 98% | 4.84 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1845 | 97% | 4.91 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1670 | 87% | 5.05 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1500 | 78% | 4.96 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 1068 | 56% | 4.37 | 3.8× |
A fixed array in Imi-n-Tanout produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 42° it makes 4.84 kWh per kWp a day, 10% more than at 29°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Imi-n-Tanout at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 29° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.73 | 6.07 | 5.24 | 4.78 | 11.6 °C |
| February | 4.60 | 5.82 | 5.02 | 5.15 | 12.4 °C |
| March | 5.80 | 5.53 | 4.72 | 5.65 | 14.8 °C |
| April | 6.82 | 4.59 | 3.88 | 5.77 | 16.7 °C |
| May | 7.50 | 3.75 | 3.12 | 5.67 | 19.8 °C |
| June | 7.95 | 3.30 | 2.70 | 5.60 | 23.1 °C |
| July | 7.72 | 3.55 | 2.87 | 5.52 | 26.7 °C |
| August | 7.00 | 4.16 | 3.38 | 5.44 | 26.9 °C |
| September | 6.05 | 5.02 | 4.14 | 5.38 | 23.3 °C |
| October | 4.79 | 5.40 | 4.51 | 4.91 | 20.4 °C |
| November | 3.81 | 5.68 | 4.83 | 4.58 | 15.6 °C |
| December | 3.35 | 5.77 | 4.96 | 4.41 | 12.7 °C |
| Year | 5.77 avg | 4.88 avg | 1500 kWh | 1911 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 440 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Imi-n-Tanout
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.
3.7 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 29°
How Imi-n-Tanout compares in Morocco
Against the other 175 places in Morocco with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
25thof 176 places in Morocco for sunshine, shared: 5.77 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Morocco: 1,911 against 1,808 kWh per kWp.
−13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Casablanca: 14 h 11 min against 14 h 23 min.
29°best year-round tilt here; across Morocco it runs from 25° in Smara to 31° in Oujda.
Of the 176 places in Morocco, Zagora gets the most sun (6.02 peak sun hours a day) and Azla the least (4.95); Imi-n-Tanout ranks joint 25th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.70 kWh a day here, against 2.86 kWh on average in Morocco. The shortest day lasts 10 h 07 min, +12 min compared with Casablanca.
Solar forecast for Imi-n-Tanout, 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.