Texas · United States · 31.64° N · 106.29° W
Solar position in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia — computed for 31.64° N, 106.29° W, 1115 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:53 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:50 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:15 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:48 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:49 | 46.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:49 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:23 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:47 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:16 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:44 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 08 min | |
Sun path diagram for Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
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 81.8° at solar noon in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia; on the December solstice only 34.9°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 56° 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 | 07:03 | 12:16 | 17:29 | 10 h 26 min | 38.6° |
| February | 06:40 | 12:18 | 17:57 | 11 h 16 min | 48.0° |
| March | 07:07 | 13:12 | 19:17 | 12 h 10 min | 58.8° |
| April | 06:29 | 13:03 | 19:38 | 13 h 08 min | 70.4° |
| May | 06:04 | 13:01 | 19:58 | 13 h 54 min | 78.7° |
| June | 06:00 | 13:07 | 20:13 | 14 h 13 min | 81.8° |
| July | 06:14 | 13:11 | 20:08 | 13 h 54 min | 78.7° |
| August | 06:34 | 13:08 | 19:41 | 13 h 08 min | 70.3° |
| September | 06:52 | 12:57 | 19:02 | 12 h 10 min | 58.8° |
| October | 07:12 | 12:49 | 18:26 | 11 h 13 min | 47.5° |
| November | 06:38 | 11:50 | 17:03 | 10 h 25 min | 38.3° |
| December | 07:00 | 12:03 | 17:05 | 10 h 05 min | 34.9° |
A year of daylight in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
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 Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1974 kWh per kWp.
35°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° | 1731 | 88% | 2.79 | 2.3× |
| 15° | 1912 | 97% | 3.86 | 1.7× |
| 30° year-round best | 1974 | 100% | 4.68 | 1.3× |
| 32° = latitude | 1974 | 100% | 4.76 | 1.3× |
| 35° off-grid best | 1968 | 100% | 4.88 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1917 | 97% | 5.18 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1745 | 88% | 5.35 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1573 | 80% | 5.27 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 1127 | 57% | 4.67 | 4.2× |
A fixed array in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 35° it makes 4.88 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 30°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.71 | 6.19 | 5.46 | 4.98 | 6.1 °C |
| February | 4.72 | 6.15 | 5.37 | 5.48 | 8.6 °C |
| March | 6.06 | 5.90 | 5.07 | 6.02 | 13.2 °C |
| April | 7.36 | 4.94 | 4.16 | 6.20 | 17.7 °C |
| May | 8.05 | 3.90 | 3.22 | 5.93 | 22.5 °C |
| June | 8.08 | 3.32 | 2.67 | 5.51 | 28.1 °C |
| July | 7.23 | 3.37 | 2.71 | 5.11 | 28.2 °C |
| August | 6.74 | 4.03 | 3.26 | 5.22 | 27.2 °C |
| September | 5.95 | 5.01 | 4.13 | 5.33 | 23.7 °C |
| October | 5.08 | 6.04 | 5.08 | 5.44 | 18.1 °C |
| November | 3.97 | 6.21 | 5.37 | 5.03 | 11.3 °C |
| December | 3.37 | 5.97 | 5.27 | 4.68 | 6.1 °C |
| Year | 5.87 avg | 5.08 avg | 1573 kWh | 1974 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 440 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 30°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
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.
3.7 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 30°
How Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia compares in the United States
Against the other 3,120 places in the United States with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
13thof 3,121 places in the United States for sunshine, shared: 5.87 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+30%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United States: 1,974 against 1,515 kWh per kWp.
−53 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with New York City: 14 h 13 min against 15 h 06 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across the United States it runs from 18° in Honolulu to 53° in Fairbanks.
Of the 3,121 places in the United States, Fortuna Foothills and 2 other places get the most sun (5.96 peak sun hours a day) and Juneau the least (2.38); Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia ranks joint 13th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.67 kWh a day here, against 2.55 kWh on average in the United States. The shortest day lasts 10 h 05 min, +50 min compared with New York City.
Solar forecast for Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia, 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.