Lofa County · Liberia · 8.42° N · 9.75° W
Solar position in Voinjama
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Voinjama — computed for 8.42° N, 9.75° W, 550 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Voinjama today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:16 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:05 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:26 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:55 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:23 | 69.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:19 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:40 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:05 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:30 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 53 min | |
Sun path diagram for Voinjama
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 75.0° at solar noon in Voinjama; on the December solstice only 58.1°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:58 | 12:50 | 18:41 | 11 h 43 min | 61.8° |
| February | 06:55 | 12:52 | 18:49 | 11 h 54 min | 71.1° |
| March | 06:42 | 12:46 | 18:49 | 12 h 07 min | 81.9° |
| April | 06:27 | 12:37 | 18:48 | 12 h 21 min | 86.5° |
| May | 06:19 | 12:35 | 18:51 | 12 h 32 min | 78.2° |
| June | 06:22 | 12:40 | 18:59 | 12 h 37 min | 75.0° |
| July | 06:29 | 12:45 | 19:01 | 12 h 32 min | 78.0° |
| August | 06:31 | 12:42 | 18:52 | 12 h 21 min | 86.4° |
| September | 06:28 | 12:32 | 18:35 | 12 h 07 min | 82.2° |
| October | 06:26 | 12:23 | 18:20 | 11 h 54 min | 70.8° |
| November | 06:33 | 12:24 | 18:16 | 11 h 43 min | 61.6° |
| December | 06:48 | 12:37 | 18:26 | 11 h 38 min | 58.1° |
A year of daylight in Voinjama
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 Voinjama
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
11°collects the most energy over a year: 1475 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1454 | 99% | 3.39 | 1.3× |
| 8° = latitude | 1474 | 100% | 3.29 | 1.4× |
| 11° year-round best | 1475 | 100% | 3.23 | 1.4× |
| 15° | 1473 | 100% | 3.15 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1413 | 96% | 2.76 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1280 | 87% | 2.24 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1084 | 73% | 1.64 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 930 | 63% | 1.28 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 646 | 44% | 1.06 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Voinjama produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.39 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 11°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Voinjama at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 11° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.40 | 5.01 | 4.13 | 4.68 | 23.7 °C |
| February | 5.54 | 4.23 | 3.46 | 4.62 | 25.4 °C |
| March | 5.56 | 3.35 | 2.72 | 4.47 | 26.3 °C |
| April | 5.36 | 2.42 | 1.94 | 4.17 | 26.3 °C |
| May | 5.10 | 1.88 | 1.50 | 3.88 | 25.6 °C |
| June | 4.59 | 1.63 | 1.29 | 3.46 | 24.5 °C |
| July | 4.24 | 1.61 | 1.28 | 3.23 | 23.4 °C |
| August | 4.21 | 1.90 | 1.53 | 3.28 | 23.0 °C |
| September | 4.71 | 2.61 | 2.13 | 3.77 | 23.6 °C |
| October | 5.05 | 3.53 | 2.90 | 4.17 | 24.4 °C |
| November | 5.02 | 4.36 | 3.59 | 4.29 | 24.5 °C |
| December | 5.16 | 5.04 | 4.16 | 4.52 | 23.5 °C |
| Year | 4.99 avg | 3.13 avg | 930 kWh | 1475 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 920 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Voinjama
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 11°
How Voinjama compares in Liberia
Against the other 15 places in Liberia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 16 places in Liberia for sunshine: 4.99 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Liberia: 1,475 against 1,364 kWh per kWp.
+8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Monrovia: 12 h 37 min against 12 h 29 min.
11°best year-round tilt here; across Liberia it runs from 5° in Harper to 11° in Foya Kamara.
Voinjama gets the most sun of the 16 places in Liberia (4.99 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny are Buchanan and 2 other places with 4.54. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.28 kWh a day here, against 1.15 kWh on average in Liberia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 38 min, −7 min compared with Monrovia.
Solar forecast for Voinjama, 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.