Norfolk Island · 29.05° S · 167.97° E
Solar position in Kingston
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kingston — computed for 29.05° S, 167.97° E, 71 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kingston today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+12
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:07 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:36 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:01 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:33 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:32 | 73.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:31 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:03 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:28 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:57 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:27 | 18° below |
| Day length | 13 h 02 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kingston
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 37.5° at solar noon in Kingston; on the December solstice only 84.4°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 54° 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 | 06:08 | 12:59 | 19:49 | 13 h 41 min | 80.9° |
| February | 06:33 | 13:01 | 19:29 | 12 h 56 min | 71.6° |
| March | 06:51 | 12:55 | 18:58 | 12 h 07 min | 60.8° |
| April | 06:09 | 11:46 | 17:23 | 11 h 14 min | 49.2° |
| May | 06:27 | 11:44 | 17:01 | 10 h 34 min | 40.8° |
| June | 06:41 | 11:49 | 16:58 | 10 h 17 min | 37.5° |
| July | 06:38 | 11:54 | 17:10 | 10 h 32 min | 40.5° |
| August | 06:15 | 11:51 | 17:27 | 11 h 13 min | 48.8° |
| September | 05:39 | 11:41 | 17:43 | 12 h 04 min | 60.2° |
| October | 06:05 | 12:32 | 19:00 | 12 h 56 min | 71.6° |
| November | 05:43 | 12:33 | 19:24 | 13 h 41 min | 80.8° |
| December | 05:45 | 12:45 | 19:46 | 14 h 00 min | 84.4° |
A year of daylight in Kingston
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 Kingston
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
25°collects the most energy over a year: 1657 kWh per kWp.
54°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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1520 | 92% | 2.23 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1633 | 99% | 2.85 | 2.0× |
| 25° year-round best | 1657 | 100% | 3.17 | 1.7× |
| 29° = latitude | 1654 | 100% | 3.27 | 1.6× |
| 30° | 1652 | 100% | 3.29 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1576 | 95% | 3.53 | 1.4× |
| 54° off-grid best | 1487 | 90% | 3.58 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1411 | 85% | 3.56 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1258 | 76% | 3.46 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 884 | 53% | 2.97 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Kingston produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 54° it makes 3.58 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 25°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kingston at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 25° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 25° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.01 | 3.32 | 2.73 | 5.27 | 22.5 °C |
| February | 6.36 | 3.90 | 3.21 | 5.10 | 23.2 °C |
| March | 5.36 | 4.31 | 3.56 | 4.69 | 22.9 °C |
| April | 4.35 | 4.65 | 3.86 | 4.24 | 21.9 °C |
| May | 3.31 | 4.35 | 3.63 | 3.53 | 20.6 °C |
| June | 2.82 | 4.12 | 3.46 | 3.17 | 19.2 °C |
| July | 3.13 | 4.46 | 3.76 | 3.50 | 18.2 °C |
| August | 4.00 | 4.81 | 4.06 | 4.17 | 17.8 °C |
| September | 5.16 | 4.72 | 3.98 | 4.83 | 18.1 °C |
| October | 6.20 | 4.21 | 3.53 | 5.24 | 18.7 °C |
| November | 7.04 | 3.57 | 2.97 | 5.45 | 19.8 °C |
| December | 7.20 | 3.17 | 2.61 | 5.33 | 21.4 °C |
| Year | 5.15 avg | 4.13 avg | 1258 kWh | 1657 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 450 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 25°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kingston
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.
3.4 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 25°
Solar forecast for Kingston, 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 Kingston: 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.