Quebec · Canada · 50.20° N · 66.38° W
Solar position in Sept-Îles
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sept-Îles — computed for 50.20° N, 66.38° W, 5 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sept-Îles today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:29 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:02 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:48 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:09 | 27.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:16 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:49 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:27 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 14 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sept-Îles
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 63.2° at solar noon in Sept-Îles; on the December solstice only 16.4°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 127° SE in December — a 77° 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 | 07:13 | 11:37 | 16:00 | 8 h 48 min | 20.1° |
| February | 06:24 | 11:39 | 16:54 | 10 h 29 min | 29.4° |
| March | 06:25 | 12:32 | 18:40 | 12 h 14 min | 40.2° |
| April | 05:20 | 12:24 | 19:29 | 14 h 09 min | 51.8° |
| May | 04:30 | 12:22 | 20:14 | 15 h 43 min | 60.1° |
| June | 04:15 | 12:27 | 20:39 | 16 h 24 min | 63.2° |
| July | 04:39 | 12:31 | 20:23 | 15 h 44 min | 60.2° |
| August | 05:23 | 12:28 | 19:32 | 14 h 09 min | 51.8° |
| September | 06:10 | 12:18 | 18:25 | 12 h 15 min | 40.3° |
| October | 06:57 | 12:09 | 17:21 | 10 h 24 min | 29.0° |
| November | 06:48 | 11:11 | 15:33 | 8 h 45 min | 19.8° |
| December | 07:22 | 11:23 | 15:24 | 8 h 02 min | 16.4° |
A year of daylight in Sept-Îles
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 Sept-Îles
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
44°collects the most energy over a year: 1272 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 979 | 77% | 0.64 | 7.1× |
| 15° | 1141 | 90% | 1.11 | 4.3× |
| 30° | 1241 | 98% | 1.53 | 3.1× |
| 44° year-round best | 1272 | 100% | 1.84 | 2.5× |
| 45° | 1272 | 100% | 1.85 | 2.5× |
| 50° = latitude | 1267 | 100% | 1.94 | 2.4× |
| 60° | 1234 | 97% | 2.07 | 2.3× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1171 | 92% | 2.15 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 967 | 76% | 2.12 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Sept-Îles produces the most over a year at 44°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 2.15 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 44°, and costs 8% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sept-Îles at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 44° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 44° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.12 | 2.92 | 2.77 | 2.40 | -13.2 °C |
| February snow | 2.03 | 3.86 | 3.66 | 3.37 | -12.8 °C |
| March snow | 3.35 | 4.97 | 4.62 | 4.55 | -7.9 °C |
| April snow | 4.45 | 4.60 | 4.17 | 4.67 | -1.5 °C |
| May | 5.23 | 4.02 | 3.53 | 4.50 | 5.9 °C |
| June | 5.47 | 3.78 | 3.23 | 4.31 | 11.6 °C |
| July | 5.15 | 3.74 | 3.15 | 4.12 | 15.4 °C |
| August | 4.36 | 3.79 | 3.21 | 3.90 | 15.0 °C |
| September | 3.29 | 3.81 | 3.30 | 3.60 | 10.5 °C |
| October | 2.00 | 3.09 | 2.73 | 2.72 | 4.7 °C |
| November snow | 1.07 | 2.26 | 2.04 | 1.85 | -1.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.83 | 2.31 | 2.15 | 1.84 | -8.7 °C |
| Year | 3.20 avg | 3.59 avg | 1171 kWh | 1272 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through November on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 580 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 640 Wp at 44°. The steep array is 10% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sept-Îles
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.
8.7 mrow pitch at 70°
7.4 mrow pitch at 44°
How Sept-Îles compares in Canada
Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
285thof 296 places in Canada for sunshine, shared: 3.20 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,272 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.
+57 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 16 h 24 min against 15 h 27 min.
44°best year-round tilt here; across Canada it runs from 34° in Hamilton to 52° in Yellowknife.
Of the 296 places in Canada, Medicine Hat and one other place get the most sun (3.84 peak sun hours a day) and Terrace the least (2.57); Sept-Îles ranks joint 285th. In its darkest month, November, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.04 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 8 h 02 min, −53 min compared with Toronto.
Solar forecast for Sept-Îles, 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.