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Solar position in Minas de Marcona

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Minas de Marcona — computed for 15.21° S, 75.11° W, 776 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:28103° ESE
Sunset today18:01257° WSW
Best panel angle14°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle29°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation86.7°
At solar noon, 11:44Open on the sun map

Sun in Minas de Marcona today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:14sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:4012° below
Civil dawn05:066° below
Sunrise05:28103° ESE
Golden hour ends05:56sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4486.7° high
Golden hour starts17:32sun 6° up
Sunset18:01257° WSW
Civil dusk18:236° below
Nautical dusk18:4912° below
Astronomical dusk19:1518° below
Day length12 h 33 min

Sun path diagram for Minas de Marcona

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice7891011121314151617EquinoxDecember solstice6789101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 51.4° at solar noon in Minas de Marcona; on the December solstice only 81.8°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 115° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January05:4512:1118:3712 h 52 min85.4°
February05:5812:1318:2812 h 30 min85.2°
March06:0412:0718:1012 h 06 min74.4°
April06:0811:5817:4911 h 40 min62.8°
May06:1611:5617:3711 h 21 min54.5°
June06:2512:0217:3911 h 13 min51.4°
July06:2612:0617:4711 h 21 min54.4°
August06:1312:0317:5311 h 41 min62.9°
September05:5011:5317:5612 h 06 min74.3°
October05:2911:4518:0012 h 31 min85.7°
November05:1911:4618:1212 h 53 min85.2°
December05:2711:5818:2913 h 02 min81.8°

A year of daylight in Minas de Marcona

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Minas de Marcona

Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

14°collects the most energy over a year: 1859 kWh per kWp.

29°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 14°Best worst-month 29°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°180997%3.601.7×
14° year-round best1859100%4.171.4×
15° = latitude1859100%4.211.4×
29° off-grid best180597%4.541.2×
30°179897%4.561.2×
45°163388%4.631.6×
60°137774%4.432.2×
70°117063%4.143.1×
90°77542%3.233.5×

A fixed array in Minas de Marcona produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 29° it makes 4.54 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 14°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Minas de Marcona at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.66 (70°)1.7JanFebruary: 2.29 (70°)2.3FebMarch: 3.23 (70°)3.2MarApril: 4.28 (70°)4.3AprMay: 4.77 (70°)4.8MayJune: 4.40 (70°)4.4JunJuly: 4.14 (70°)4.1JulAugust: 3.98 (70°)4.0AugSeptember: 3.48 (70°)3.5SepOctober: 2.75 (70°)2.7OctNovember: 1.90 (70°)1.9NovDecember: 1.53 (70°)1.5Dec14°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 14°Mean temp.
January6.892.031.665.2519.2 °C
February6.562.772.295.2019.8 °C
March6.443.863.235.3719.6 °C
April6.005.074.285.3418.4 °C
May5.235.624.774.9416.9 °C
June4.415.174.404.2615.8 °C
July4.374.844.144.1715.1 °C
August5.064.663.984.6315.2 °C
September5.914.103.485.1315.6 °C
October6.913.262.755.6516.2 °C
November7.402.291.905.7317.0 °C
December7.221.881.535.4418.0 °C
Year6.03 avg3.80 avg1170 kWh1859 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 770 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Minas de Marcona

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.

2.4 mrow pitch at 70°

2.4 mrow pitch at 14°

Row spacing calculator

How Minas de Marcona compares in Peru

Against the other 135 places in Peru with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

17thof 136 places in Peru for sunshine, shared: 6.03 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+16%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Peru: 1,859 against 1,605 kWh per kWp.

+12 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lima: 13 h 02 min against 12 h 50 min.

14°best year-round tilt here; across Peru it runs from 3° in Tumbes to 19° in Arequipa.

Of the 136 places in Peru, Ciudad Satelite and one other place get the most sun (6.60 peak sun hours a day) and La Peca the least (4.16); Minas de Marcona ranks joint 17th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.53 kWh a day here, against 1.33 kWh on average in Peru. The shortest day lasts 11 h 14 min, −12 min compared with Lima.

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Solar forecast for Minas de Marcona, 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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Questions about the sun in Minas de Marcona

What is the best solar panel angle in Minas de Marcona?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in Minas de Marcona is 14°, worth about 1859 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 29°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Minas de Marcona today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:28 and sets at 18:01 local time (UTC−5), giving 12 h 33 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:44.
How many peak sun hours does Minas de Marcona get?
On a flat surface 6.0 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.4 in July to 7.4 in November. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.9 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Minas de Marcona?
At solar noon the sun stands 51.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 81.8° on the December solstice.
Is Minas de Marcona a good place for solar panels?
With 6.0 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Minas de Marcona ranks joint 17th of 136 places in Peru for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (14°) makes about 1,859 kWh a year here, 16% more than the average place in Peru.

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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.