Flanders · Belgium · 51.21° N · 3.25° E
Solar position in Sint-Kruis
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sint-Kruis — computed for 51.21° N, 3.25° E, 7 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sint-Kruis today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:36 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:14 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:27 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:15 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:30 | 26.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:46 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:33 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:08 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:46 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:25 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sint-Kruis
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 62.2° at solar noon in Sint-Kruis; on the December solstice only 15.4°. Sunrise swings from 49° NE in June to 128° SE in December — a 79° 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 | 08:38 | 12:58 | 17:18 | 8 h 39 min | 19.0° |
| February | 07:48 | 13:00 | 18:13 | 10 h 25 min | 28.4° |
| March | 06:47 | 12:54 | 19:01 | 12 h 14 min | 39.2° |
| April | 06:39 | 13:45 | 20:52 | 14 h 13 min | 50.8° |
| May | 05:48 | 13:43 | 21:39 | 15 h 51 min | 59.0° |
| June | 05:31 | 13:48 | 22:06 | 16 h 35 min | 62.2° |
| July | 05:56 | 13:53 | 21:49 | 15 h 54 min | 59.2° |
| August | 06:42 | 13:49 | 20:56 | 14 h 14 min | 50.8° |
| September | 07:31 | 13:39 | 19:47 | 12 h 16 min | 39.4° |
| October | 08:20 | 13:31 | 18:41 | 10 h 21 min | 28.0° |
| November | 08:13 | 12:32 | 16:51 | 8 h 38 min | 18.9° |
| December | 08:48 | 12:45 | 16:41 | 7 h 53 min | 15.4° |
A year of daylight in Sint-Kruis
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 Sint-Kruis
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1132 kWh per kWp.
72°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° | 929 | 82% | 0.45 | 10.6× |
| 15° | 1055 | 93% | 0.71 | 6.8× |
| 30° | 1122 | 99% | 0.94 | 5.1× |
| 38° year-round best | 1132 | 100% | 1.04 | 4.5× |
| 45° | 1126 | 99% | 1.11 | 4.0× |
| 51° = latitude | 1110 | 98% | 1.16 | 3.7× |
| 60° | 1068 | 94% | 1.21 | 3.4× |
| 70° | 996 | 88% | 1.23 | 3.1× |
| 72° off-grid best | 979 | 86% | 1.23 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 785 | 69% | 1.18 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Sint-Kruis produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 72° it makes 1.23 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sint-Kruis at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.79 | 1.68 | 1.47 | 1.27 | 4.5 °C |
| February | 1.49 | 2.46 | 2.17 | 2.04 | 4.5 °C |
| March | 2.78 | 3.55 | 3.12 | 3.24 | 6.3 °C |
| April | 4.48 | 4.38 | 3.81 | 4.45 | 9.3 °C |
| May | 5.30 | 4.16 | 3.56 | 4.61 | 12.5 °C |
| June | 5.70 | 4.04 | 3.41 | 4.64 | 15.6 °C |
| July | 5.45 | 4.03 | 3.37 | 4.50 | 17.7 °C |
| August | 4.56 | 4.01 | 3.36 | 4.11 | 18.0 °C |
| September | 3.38 | 3.86 | 3.28 | 3.56 | 15.8 °C |
| October | 1.91 | 2.81 | 2.40 | 2.35 | 12.5 °C |
| November | 0.93 | 1.78 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 8.6 °C |
| December | 0.61 | 1.42 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 5.5 °C |
| Year | 3.12 avg | 3.18 avg | 996 kWh | 1132 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 960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,140 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sint-Kruis
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.
9.4 mrow pitch at 70°
7.3 mrow pitch at 38°
How Sint-Kruis compares in Belgium
Against the other 222 places in Belgium with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
3rdof 223 places in Belgium for sunshine, shared: 3.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Belgium: 1,132 against 1,112 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Brussels: 16 h 35 min against 16 h 31 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Belgium it runs from 38° in Brugge to 39° in Brussels.
Of the 223 places in Belgium, Knokke-Heist and one other place get the most sun (3.13 peak sun hours a day) and Eupen the least (3.01); Sint-Kruis ranks joint 3rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.23 kWh a day here, against 1.30 kWh on average in Belgium. The shortest day lasts 7 h 53 min, −4 min compared with Brussels.
Solar forecast for Sint-Kruis, 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.