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Cagayan Valley · Philippines · 18.56° N · 121.23° E

Solar position in Sanchez-Mira

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sanchez-Mira — computed for 18.56° N, 121.23° E, 9 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:51102° ESE
Sunset today17:26257° WSW
Best panel angle15°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle42°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation59.4°
At solar noon, 11:39Open on the sun map

Sun in Sanchez-Mira today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:38sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0412° below
Civil dawn05:296° below
Sunrise05:51102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:21sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3959.4° high
Golden hour starts16:56sun 6° up
Sunset17:26257° WSW
Civil dusk17:486° below
Nautical dusk18:1412° below
Astronomical dusk18:3918° below
Day length11 h 34 min

Sun path diagram for Sanchez-Mira

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 solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 85.1° at solar noon in Sanchez-Mira; on the December solstice only 48.0°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 50° 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
January06:3012:0617:4211 h 12 min51.5°
February06:1912:0817:5711 h 38 min60.9°
March05:5812:0218:0612 h 07 min71.7°
April05:3411:5318:1312 h 39 min83.3°
May05:1911:5118:2313 h 04 min88.4°
June05:1911:5618:3413 h 15 min85.1°
July05:2812:0118:3413 h 05 min88.1°
August05:3811:5818:1812 h 40 min83.6°
September05:4311:4817:5212 h 09 min72.2°
October05:5011:3917:2811 h 38 min60.8°
November06:0411:4017:1611 h 12 min51.6°
December06:2211:5217:2311 h 01 min48.0°

A year of daylight in Sanchez-Mira

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 Sanchez-Mira

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

15°collects the most energy over a year: 1435 kWh per kWp.

42°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 15°Best worst-month 42°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°139797%2.382.0×
15° year-round best1435100%2.761.7×
19° = latitude1432100%2.831.7×
30°139497%2.981.5×
42° off-grid best130491%3.041.4×
45°127589%3.031.4×
60°108976%2.911.7×
70°93565%2.742.1×
90°62844%2.202.5×

A fixed array in Sanchez-Mira produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 42° it makes 3.04 kWh per kWp a day, 10% more than at 15°, and costs 9% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Sanchez-Mira at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 15° (year-round best).

0123456January: 3.20 (70°)3.2JanFebruary: 3.37 (70°)3.4FebMarch: 3.14 (70°)3.1MarApril: 2.55 (70°)2.6AprMay: 1.85 (70°)1.9MayJune: 1.61 (70°)1.6JunJuly: 1.69 (70°)1.7JulAugust: 1.99 (70°)2.0AugSeptember: 2.58 (70°)2.6SepOctober: 2.98 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 3.10 (70°)3.1NovDecember: 2.74 (70°)2.7Dec15°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 15°Mean temp.
January3.553.893.203.2623.7 °C
February4.424.103.373.9124.1 °C
March5.273.843.144.4225.4 °C
April6.133.172.554.8327.3 °C
May6.042.331.854.5428.5 °C
June6.002.041.614.4128.5 °C
July5.602.141.694.1828.1 °C
August5.012.501.993.8627.9 °C
September4.973.212.584.0227.6 °C
October4.383.662.983.7426.9 °C
November3.673.803.103.2926.0 °C
December3.033.352.742.7624.5 °C
Year4.84 avg3.16 avg935 kWh1435 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 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 430 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Sanchez-Mira

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.

2.6 mrow pitch at 70°

2.5 mrow pitch at 15°

Row spacing calculator

How Sanchez-Mira compares in the Philippines

Against the other 519 places in the Philippines with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

447thof 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine, shared: 4.84 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Philippines: 1,435 against 1,467 kWh per kWp.

+15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Quezon City: 13 h 15 min against 13 h 00 min.

15°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); Sanchez-Mira ranks joint 447th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.61 kWh a day here, against 1.34 kWh on average in the Philippines. The shortest day lasts 11 h 01 min, −15 min compared with Quezon City.

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Solar forecast for Sanchez-Mira, 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 Sanchez-Mira

What is the best solar panel angle in Sanchez-Mira?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Sanchez-Mira is 15°, worth about 1435 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 42°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Sanchez-Mira today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:51 and sets at 17:26 local time (UTC+8), giving 11 h 34 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:39.
How many peak sun hours does Sanchez-Mira get?
On a flat surface 4.8 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.0 in December to 6.1 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.0 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Sanchez-Mira?
At solar noon the sun stands 85.1° above the horizon on the June solstice and 48.0° on the December solstice.
Is Sanchez-Mira a good place for solar panels?
With 4.8 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Sanchez-Mira ranks joint 447th of 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (15°) makes about 1,435 kWh a year here, 2% less than the average place in the Philippines.

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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.