Mato Grosso · Brazil · 15.23° S · 59.34° W
Solar position in Pontes e Lacerda
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pontes e Lacerda — computed for 15.23° S, 59.34° W, 247 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Pontes e Lacerda today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:11 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:37 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:02 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:24 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:41 | 86.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:20 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:46 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:12 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 33 min | |
Sun path diagram for Pontes e Lacerda
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 51.3° at solar noon in Pontes e Lacerda; 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:42 | 12:08 | 18:34 | 12 h 52 min | 85.4° |
| February | 05:55 | 12:10 | 18:25 | 12 h 30 min | 85.2° |
| March | 06:01 | 12:04 | 18:07 | 12 h 06 min | 74.4° |
| April | 06:05 | 11:55 | 17:46 | 11 h 40 min | 62.8° |
| May | 06:13 | 11:53 | 17:34 | 11 h 21 min | 54.5° |
| June | 06:22 | 11:59 | 17:35 | 11 h 13 min | 51.3° |
| July | 06:23 | 12:03 | 17:44 | 11 h 21 min | 54.4° |
| August | 06:10 | 12:00 | 17:50 | 11 h 41 min | 62.8° |
| September | 05:47 | 11:50 | 17:53 | 12 h 06 min | 74.3° |
| October | 05:26 | 11:41 | 17:57 | 12 h 31 min | 85.6° |
| November | 05:16 | 11:43 | 18:09 | 12 h 53 min | 85.2° |
| December | 05:24 | 11:55 | 18:26 | 13 h 02 min | 81.8° |
A year of daylight in Pontes e Lacerda
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 Pontes e Lacerda
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
18°collects the most energy over a year: 1531 kWh per kWp.
13°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1470 | 96% | 4.29 | 1.2× |
| 13° off-grid best | 1526 | 100% | 4.05 | 1.1× |
| 15° = latitude | 1529 | 100% | 3.99 | 1.1× |
| 18° year-round best | 1531 | 100% | 3.91 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1502 | 98% | 3.49 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1392 | 91% | 2.81 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1205 | 79% | 2.02 | 2.4× |
| 70° | 1048 | 68% | 1.51 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 727 | 47% | 1.12 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Pontes e Lacerda produces the most over a year at 18°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 13° it makes 4.05 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 18°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Pontes e Lacerda at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 18° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 18° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.39 | 2.04 | 1.62 | 3.95 | 26.2 °C |
| February | 5.12 | 2.48 | 2.00 | 3.92 | 25.7 °C |
| March | 5.19 | 3.22 | 2.62 | 4.19 | 25.8 °C |
| April | 5.06 | 4.18 | 3.42 | 4.39 | 25.3 °C |
| May | 4.47 | 4.59 | 3.78 | 4.14 | 24.0 °C |
| June | 4.48 | 5.28 | 4.35 | 4.34 | 24.0 °C |
| July | 4.82 | 5.50 | 4.52 | 4.62 | 24.7 °C |
| August | 5.16 | 4.77 | 3.89 | 4.60 | 26.8 °C |
| September | 4.91 | 3.41 | 2.74 | 4.01 | 28.7 °C |
| October | 5.36 | 2.79 | 2.23 | 4.13 | 28.8 °C |
| November | 5.57 | 2.17 | 1.72 | 4.10 | 27.8 °C |
| December | 5.41 | 1.91 | 1.51 | 3.91 | 26.7 °C |
| Year | 5.08 avg | 3.54 avg | 1048 kWh | 1531 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 780 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 18°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Pontes e Lacerda
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°
2.5 mrow pitch at 18°
How Pontes e Lacerda compares in Brazil
Against the other 2,263 places in Brazil with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1380thof 2,264 places in Brazil for sunshine, shared: 5.08 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Brazil: 1,531 against 1,581 kWh per kWp.
−33 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with São Paulo: 13 h 02 min against 13 h 35 min.
18°best year-round tilt here; across Brazil it runs from 0° in Macapá to 28° in Santa Vitória do Palmar.
Of the 2,264 places in Brazil, Catolé do Rocha gets the most sun (6.16 peak sun hours a day) and Paranaguá the least (4.01); Pontes e Lacerda ranks joint 1380th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.51 kWh a day here, against 1.56 kWh on average in Brazil. The shortest day lasts 11 h 13 min, +32 min compared with São Paulo.
Solar forecast for Pontes e Lacerda, 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.