Guelmim-Oued Noun · Morocco · 28.44° N · 11.10° W
Solar position in Tan-Tan
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Tan-Tan — computed for 28.44° N, 11.10° W, 45 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Tan-Tan today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:31 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:59 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:26 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:50 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:22 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:28 | 49.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:33 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:06 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:57 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:25 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 15 min | |
Sun path diagram for Tan-Tan
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 85.0° at solar noon in Tan-Tan; on the December solstice only 38.1°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 54° 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 | 08:36 | 13:55 | 19:14 | 10 h 38 min | 41.8° |
| February | 07:17 | 12:58 | 18:39 | 11 h 22 min | 51.1° |
| March | 06:47 | 12:51 | 18:56 | 12 h 09 min | 61.9° |
| April | 07:13 | 13:43 | 20:13 | 13 h 00 min | 73.5° |
| May | 06:50 | 13:41 | 20:31 | 13 h 40 min | 81.8° |
| June | 06:47 | 13:46 | 20:44 | 13 h 57 min | 85.0° |
| July | 07:00 | 13:50 | 20:41 | 13 h 41 min | 82.0° |
| August | 07:17 | 13:47 | 20:17 | 13 h 01 min | 73.6° |
| September | 07:32 | 13:37 | 19:42 | 12 h 10 min | 62.1° |
| October | 07:48 | 13:28 | 19:08 | 11 h 20 min | 50.8° |
| November | 08:11 | 13:30 | 18:48 | 10 h 37 min | 41.6° |
| December | 08:32 | 13:42 | 18:52 | 10 h 20 min | 38.1° |
A year of daylight in Tan-Tan
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 Tan-Tan
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1693 kWh per kWp.
31°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° | 1534 | 91% | 2.80 | 1.9× |
| 15° | 1660 | 98% | 3.62 | 1.4× |
| 27° year-round best | 1693 | 100% | 4.12 | 1.3× |
| 28° = latitude | 1693 | 100% | 4.15 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1692 | 100% | 4.22 | 1.2× |
| 31° off-grid best | 1691 | 100% | 4.25 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1628 | 96% | 4.54 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1473 | 87% | 4.59 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1324 | 78% | 4.47 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 953 | 56% | 3.85 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Tan-Tan produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 31° it makes 4.25 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 27°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Tan-Tan at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.81 | 5.47 | 4.66 | 4.41 | 15.4 °C |
| February | 4.60 | 5.23 | 4.44 | 4.75 | 16.1 °C |
| March | 5.63 | 4.94 | 4.18 | 5.19 | 17.6 °C |
| April | 6.17 | 4.04 | 3.39 | 5.11 | 18.4 °C |
| May | 6.41 | 3.32 | 2.75 | 4.91 | 19.7 °C |
| June | 6.34 | 2.97 | 2.44 | 4.67 | 21.3 °C |
| July | 5.87 | 3.03 | 2.47 | 4.39 | 22.8 °C |
| August | 5.73 | 3.47 | 2.84 | 4.50 | 23.7 °C |
| September | 5.57 | 4.33 | 3.58 | 4.80 | 22.8 °C |
| October | 4.72 | 4.83 | 4.01 | 4.54 | 22.0 °C |
| November | 3.92 | 5.21 | 4.38 | 4.30 | 19.0 °C |
| December | 3.49 | 5.26 | 4.47 | 4.12 | 16.5 °C |
| Year | 5.19 avg | 4.34 avg | 1324 kWh | 1693 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 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Tan-Tan
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.
3.4 mrow pitch at 70°
3.1 mrow pitch at 27°
How Tan-Tan compares in Morocco
Against the other 175 places in Morocco with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
140thof 176 places in Morocco for sunshine, shared: 5.19 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Morocco: 1,693 against 1,808 kWh per kWp.
−26 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Casablanca: 13 h 57 min against 14 h 23 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Morocco it runs from 25° in Smara to 31° in Oujda.
Of the 176 places in Morocco, Zagora gets the most sun (6.02 peak sun hours a day) and Azla the least (4.95); Tan-Tan ranks joint 140th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.44 kWh a day here, against 2.86 kWh on average in Morocco. The shortest day lasts 10 h 20 min, +25 min compared with Casablanca.
Solar forecast for Tan-Tan, 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.