Central Visayas · Philippines · 10.31° N · 123.95° E
Solar position in Lapu-Lapu City
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Lapu-Lapu City — computed for 10.31° N, 123.95° E, 4 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Lapu-Lapu City today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:22 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:47 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:12 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:33 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:02 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:28 | 67.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:22 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:44 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:09 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:33 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 49 min | |
Sun path diagram for Lapu-Lapu City
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 76.9° at solar noon in Lapu-Lapu City; on the December solstice only 56.3°. 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 | 06:06 | 11:55 | 17:43 | 11 h 37 min | 59.8° |
| February | 06:02 | 11:57 | 17:53 | 11 h 51 min | 69.1° |
| March | 05:48 | 11:51 | 17:54 | 12 h 07 min | 79.9° |
| April | 05:30 | 11:42 | 17:55 | 12 h 24 min | 88.5° |
| May | 05:21 | 11:40 | 17:59 | 12 h 38 min | 80.1° |
| June | 05:24 | 11:45 | 18:07 | 12 h 44 min | 76.9° |
| July | 05:31 | 11:50 | 18:09 | 12 h 38 min | 79.8° |
| August | 05:35 | 11:47 | 17:59 | 12 h 25 min | 88.2° |
| September | 05:33 | 11:37 | 17:41 | 12 h 08 min | 80.4° |
| October | 05:33 | 11:28 | 17:24 | 11 h 51 min | 69.0° |
| November | 05:41 | 11:29 | 17:18 | 11 h 37 min | 59.8° |
| December | 05:56 | 11:42 | 17:27 | 11 h 31 min | 56.3° |
A year of daylight in Lapu-Lapu City
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 Lapu-Lapu City
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
9°collects the most energy over a year: 1470 kWh per kWp.
16°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° | 1457 | 99% | 3.21 | 1.5× |
| 9° year-round best | 1470 | 100% | 3.44 | 1.4× |
| 10° = latitude | 1470 | 100% | 3.46 | 1.4× |
| 15° | 1463 | 100% | 3.55 | 1.3× |
| 16° off-grid best | 1461 | 99% | 3.57 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1390 | 95% | 3.70 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1241 | 84% | 3.64 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1029 | 70% | 3.37 | 2.1× |
| 70° | 865 | 59% | 3.09 | 2.7× |
| 90° | 583 | 40% | 2.31 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Lapu-Lapu City produces the most over a year at 9°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 16° it makes 3.57 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 9°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Lapu-Lapu City at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 9° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 9° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.06 | 3.79 | 3.09 | 3.44 | 25.8 °C |
| February | 4.83 | 3.84 | 3.13 | 4.03 | 25.9 °C |
| March | 5.74 | 3.52 | 2.85 | 4.65 | 26.6 °C |
| April | 6.26 | 2.54 | 2.03 | 4.88 | 27.8 °C |
| May | 5.80 | 1.78 | 1.39 | 4.40 | 28.3 °C |
| June | 5.23 | 1.60 | 1.25 | 3.94 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 4.94 | 1.70 | 1.33 | 3.76 | 27.1 °C |
| August | 5.10 | 2.14 | 1.70 | 3.95 | 27.1 °C |
| September | 5.04 | 2.82 | 2.27 | 4.01 | 27.1 °C |
| October | 4.90 | 3.54 | 2.87 | 4.01 | 27.1 °C |
| November | 4.56 | 4.10 | 3.34 | 3.84 | 26.9 °C |
| December | 4.07 | 3.98 | 3.24 | 3.46 | 26.5 °C |
| Year | 5.04 avg | 2.94 avg | 865 kWh | 1470 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 940 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 9°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Lapu-Lapu City
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.
2.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 9°
How Lapu-Lapu City compares in the Philippines
Against the other 519 places in the Philippines with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
194thof 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine, shared: 5.04 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Philippines: 1,470 against 1,467 kWh per kWp.
−16 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Quezon City: 12 h 44 min against 13 h 00 min.
9°best year-round tilt here; across the Philippines it runs from 4° in Bongao to 18° in Vigan.
Of the 520 places in the Philippines, Jolo gets the most sun (5.36 peak sun hours a day) and Pangil the least (4.68); Lapu-Lapu City ranks joint 194th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.25 kWh a day here, against 1.34 kWh on average in the Philippines. The shortest day lasts 11 h 31 min, +16 min compared with Quezon City.
Solar forecast for Lapu-Lapu City, 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.