Lomami · Democratic Republic of the Congo · 7.01° S · 23.45° E
Solar position in Mwene-Ditu
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mwene-Ditu — computed for 7.01° S, 23.45° E, 970 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Mwene-Ditu today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:50 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:15 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:39 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:01 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:29 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:10 | 85.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:19 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:41 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:05 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:30 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Mwene-Ditu
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 59.6° at solar noon in Mwene-Ditu; on the December solstice only 73.6°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:23 | 12:37 | 18:51 | 12 h 28 min | 77.2° |
| February | 06:31 | 12:39 | 18:48 | 12 h 17 min | 86.5° |
| March | 06:30 | 12:33 | 18:36 | 12 h 06 min | 82.7° |
| April | 06:27 | 12:24 | 18:22 | 11 h 55 min | 71.1° |
| May | 06:29 | 12:22 | 18:15 | 11 h 46 min | 62.8° |
| June | 06:36 | 12:27 | 18:19 | 11 h 43 min | 59.6° |
| July | 06:39 | 12:32 | 18:25 | 11 h 46 min | 62.6° |
| August | 06:32 | 12:29 | 18:26 | 11 h 55 min | 71.0° |
| September | 06:16 | 12:19 | 18:22 | 12 h 06 min | 82.4° |
| October | 06:02 | 12:10 | 18:19 | 12 h 17 min | 86.2° |
| November | 05:58 | 12:11 | 18:25 | 12 h 28 min | 77.1° |
| December | 06:08 | 12:24 | 18:40 | 12 h 32 min | 73.6° |
A year of daylight in Mwene-Ditu
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 Mwene-Ditu
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
10°collects the most energy over a year: 1511 kWh per kWp.
4°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° | 1493 | 99% | 3.90 | 1.2× |
| 4° off-grid best | 1505 | 100% | 3.83 | 1.2× |
| 7° = latitude | 1509 | 100% | 3.77 | 1.2× |
| 10° year-round best | 1511 | 100% | 3.71 | 1.2× |
| 15° | 1506 | 100% | 3.58 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1438 | 95% | 3.08 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1292 | 86% | 2.44 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1084 | 72% | 1.73 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 923 | 61% | 1.32 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 637 | 42% | 1.12 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Mwene-Ditu produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 4° it makes 3.83 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 10°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Mwene-Ditu at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 10° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.87 | 1.66 | 1.32 | 3.71 | 23.8 °C |
| February | 5.15 | 2.07 | 1.66 | 4.00 | 24.3 °C |
| March | 5.32 | 2.81 | 2.29 | 4.26 | 24.3 °C |
| April | 5.40 | 3.79 | 3.12 | 4.47 | 24.1 °C |
| May | 5.36 | 4.73 | 3.89 | 4.60 | 24.3 °C |
| June | 5.19 | 5.08 | 4.19 | 4.52 | 23.9 °C |
| July | 5.06 | 4.68 | 3.85 | 4.36 | 24.5 °C |
| August | 4.73 | 3.61 | 2.93 | 3.90 | 26.3 °C |
| September | 4.97 | 3.00 | 2.44 | 3.99 | 25.8 °C |
| October | 5.24 | 2.35 | 1.89 | 4.11 | 24.6 °C |
| November | 5.23 | 1.79 | 1.43 | 4.01 | 23.9 °C |
| December | 4.93 | 1.60 | 1.27 | 3.73 | 23.5 °C |
| Year | 5.12 avg | 3.10 avg | 923 kWh | 1511 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 930 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Mwene-Ditu
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 10°
How Mwene-Ditu compares in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Against the other 113 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
35thof 114 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for sunshine, shared: 5.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,511 against 1,465 kWh per kWp.
+9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kinshasa: 12 h 32 min against 12 h 23 min.
10°best year-round tilt here; across the Democratic Republic of the Congo it runs from 0° in Boende to 17° in Lubumbashi.
Of the 114 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mokambo gets the most sun (5.73 peak sun hours a day) and Tshela the least (4.07); Mwene-Ditu ranks joint 35th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.27 kWh a day here, against 1.20 kWh on average in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The shortest day lasts 11 h 43 min, −9 min compared with Kinshasa.
Solar forecast for Mwene-Ditu, 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.