Ségou · Mali · 13.96° N · 5.36° W
Solar position in Ké-Macina
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ké-Macina — computed for 13.96° N, 5.36° W, 283 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ké-Macina today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:02 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:27 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:52 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:14 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:42 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:05 | 64.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:28 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:57 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:18 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:43 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:08 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 43 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ké-Macina
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 80.5° at solar noon in Ké-Macina; on the December solstice only 52.6°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:49 | 12:32 | 18:15 | 11 h 26 min | 56.2° |
| February | 06:42 | 12:35 | 18:28 | 11 h 46 min | 65.6° |
| March | 06:24 | 12:28 | 18:32 | 12 h 07 min | 76.4° |
| April | 06:04 | 12:20 | 18:35 | 12 h 31 min | 88.0° |
| May | 05:53 | 12:18 | 18:42 | 12 h 49 min | 83.7° |
| June | 05:54 | 12:23 | 18:51 | 12 h 57 min | 80.5° |
| July | 06:02 | 12:27 | 18:52 | 12 h 50 min | 83.6° |
| August | 06:08 | 12:24 | 18:40 | 12 h 31 min | 88.0° |
| September | 06:10 | 12:14 | 18:18 | 12 h 08 min | 76.6° |
| October | 06:13 | 12:05 | 17:58 | 11 h 45 min | 65.2° |
| November | 06:24 | 12:07 | 17:50 | 11 h 26 min | 56.1° |
| December | 06:40 | 12:19 | 17:58 | 11 h 18 min | 52.6° |
A year of daylight in Ké-Macina
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 Ké-Macina
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: 1773 kWh per kWp.
5°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1722 | 97% | 4.67 | 1.2× |
| 5° off-grid best | 1750 | 99% | 4.59 | 1.1× |
| 14° = latitude | 1772 | 100% | 4.38 | 1.2× |
| 15° year-round best | 1773 | 100% | 4.35 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1725 | 97% | 3.80 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1582 | 89% | 3.05 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1355 | 76% | 2.19 | 2.4× |
| 70° | 1167 | 66% | 1.61 | 3.1× |
| 90° | 799 | 45% | 1.16 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Ké-Macina produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 5° it makes 4.59 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 15°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ké-Macina 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 | 5.48 | 5.74 | 4.76 | 5.03 | 22.4 °C |
| February | 6.11 | 5.24 | 4.29 | 5.28 | 25.9 °C |
| March | 6.53 | 4.33 | 3.48 | 5.26 | 29.8 °C |
| April | 6.62 | 3.25 | 2.56 | 5.00 | 32.9 °C |
| May | 6.41 | 2.44 | 1.89 | 4.66 | 33.9 °C |
| June | 6.08 | 2.11 | 1.65 | 4.39 | 31.5 °C |
| July | 5.94 | 2.05 | 1.61 | 4.35 | 28.7 °C |
| August | 5.76 | 2.45 | 1.96 | 4.39 | 27.2 °C |
| September | 6.04 | 3.52 | 2.84 | 4.83 | 27.4 °C |
| October | 6.00 | 4.68 | 3.79 | 5.03 | 28.5 °C |
| November | 5.67 | 5.65 | 4.61 | 5.07 | 26.1 °C |
| December | 5.40 | 6.05 | 5.00 | 5.04 | 23.1 °C |
| Year | 6.00 avg | 3.95 avg | 1167 kWh | 1773 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ké-Macina
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 15°
How Ké-Macina compares in Mali
Against the other 59 places in Mali with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
18thof 60 places in Mali for sunshine, shared: 6.00 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Mali: 1,773 against 1,757 kWh per kWp.
+5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bamako: 12 h 57 min against 12 h 52 min.
15°best year-round tilt here; across Mali it runs from 12° in Massiogo to 19° in Kidal.
Of the 60 places in Mali, Bourem gets the most sun (6.38 peak sun hours a day) and Massiogo the least (5.57); Ké-Macina ranks joint 18th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.61 kWh a day here, against 1.57 kWh on average in Mali. The shortest day lasts 11 h 18 min, −5 min compared with Bamako.
Solar forecast for Ké-Macina, 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.