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Solar position in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea — computed for 12.21° S, 76.91° W, 111 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:37102° ESE
Sunset today18:05258° WSW
Best panel angle12°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle24°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation89.7°
At solar noon, 11:51Open on the sun map

Sun in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:25sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5012° below
Civil dawn05:166° below
Sunrise05:37102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:06sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5189.7° high
Golden hour starts17:37sun 6° up
Sunset18:05258° WSW
Civil dusk18:276° below
Nautical dusk18:5212° below
Astronomical dusk19:1818° below
Day length12 h 28 min

Sun path diagram for Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea

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 solstice7891011121314151617EquinoxDecember solstice6789101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 54.4° at solar noon in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea; on the December solstice only 78.8°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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
January05:5712:1818:4012 h 43 min82.4°
February06:0812:2118:3312 h 25 min88.2°
March06:1112:1418:1712 h 06 min77.4°
April06:1312:0617:5911 h 46 min65.8°
May06:1812:0417:4911 h 31 min57.5°
June06:2712:0917:5111 h 24 min54.4°
July06:2812:1417:5911 h 30 min57.4°
August06:1712:1018:0311 h 46 min65.9°
September05:5712:0018:0312 h 06 min77.3°
October05:3911:5218:0512 h 26 min88.7°
November05:3111:5318:1512 h 44 min82.2°
December05:4012:0518:3112 h 51 min78.8°

A year of daylight in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea

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 Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea

Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

12°collects the most energy over a year: 1621 kWh per kWp.

24°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 12°Best worst-month 24°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°159198%3.351.5×
12° year-round best = latitude1621100%3.751.3×
15°1619100%3.821.3×
24° off-grid best159198%4.001.3×
30°155496%4.071.3×
45°140287%4.071.7×
60°117573%3.832.3×
70°99661%3.543.0×
90°66941%2.692.9×

A fixed array in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea produces the most over a year at 12°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 24° it makes 4.00 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 12°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 12° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.48 (70°)1.5JanFebruary: 2.01 (70°)2.0FebMarch: 2.73 (70°)2.7MarApril: 3.73 (70°)3.7AprMay: 4.11 (70°)4.1MayJune: 3.72 (70°)3.7JunJuly: 3.54 (70°)3.5JulAugust: 3.29 (70°)3.3AugSeptember: 2.81 (70°)2.8SepOctober: 2.27 (70°)2.3OctNovember: 1.64 (70°)1.6NovDecember: 1.38 (70°)1.4Dec12°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 12°Mean temp.
January5.961.811.484.6118.3 °C
February5.772.432.014.6118.8 °C
March5.683.262.734.7118.6 °C
April5.624.413.734.9117.7 °C
May4.934.844.114.5016.7 °C
June4.094.363.723.8015.7 °C
July4.074.153.543.7515.1 °C
August4.533.863.294.0415.1 °C
September5.073.322.814.3315.4 °C
October5.782.702.274.7415.7 °C
November6.121.991.644.8216.3 °C
December5.841.691.384.5017.2 °C
Year5.29 avg3.24 avg996 kWh1621 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 850 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 12°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea

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.

2.2 mrow pitch at 70°

2.3 mrow pitch at 12°

Row spacing calculator

How Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea compares in Peru

Against the other 135 places in Peru with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

59thof 136 places in Peru for sunshine, shared: 5.29 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Peru: 1,621 against 1,605 kWh per kWp.

+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lima: 12 h 51 min against 12 h 50 min.

12°best year-round tilt here; across Peru it runs from 3° in Tumbes to 19° in Arequipa.

Of the 136 places in Peru, Ciudad Satelite and one other place get the most sun (6.60 peak sun hours a day) and La Peca the least (4.16); Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea ranks joint 59th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.38 kWh a day here, against 1.33 kWh on average in Peru. The shortest day lasts 11 h 24 min, −1 min compared with Lima.

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Solar forecast for Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea, 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 Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea

What is the best solar panel angle in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea is 12°, worth about 1621 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 24°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:37 and sets at 18:05 local time (UTC−5), giving 12 h 28 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:51.
How many peak sun hours does Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea get?
On a flat surface 5.3 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.1 in July to 6.1 in November. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.7 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea?
At solar noon the sun stands 54.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 78.8° on the December solstice.
Is Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea a good place for solar panels?
With 5.3 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea ranks joint 59th of 136 places in Peru for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (12°) makes about 1,621 kWh a year here, 1% more than the average place in Peru.

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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.