Is there a site that displays yearly solar path for a given GPS coordinate?

[IslandBill]

I'm on the island of Roatan; 16.348199, -86.467057

I just noticed that the sun is north of my position and having panels facing south at an angle of 16 degrees would be detrimental to solar collection right now. I went looking for a site that can show me the solar path over my position for the entire year so that I might compensate for it by welding up a manually adjusted tilting mechanism for better collection on about 8kW of panels.

Does such a site exist?

 

[Brucey]

I believe there's an app you can get for your phone that will let you see forecast position in augmented reality.

 

[42OhmsPA]

Suncalc.org may be what you are after.

 

[IslandBill]

Suncalc.org is what I'm after and it shows the sun's path just north of me at present. There are only about 3 weeks where we can shut off the A/C during the year, so I'll be designing a tilt mechanism to weld up.

Thank you for the information.

 

[fratermus]

I believe there's an app you can get for your phone that will let you see forecast position in augmented reality.

I use sun surveyor for this. I boondock fulltime and seeing the AR path of the sun helps me position the campervan in any given site.

 

[Bkord]

Sun Seeker - Tracker, Surveyor

Sunseeker is a comprehensive solar tracking & compass app. It shows the sun’s hourly direction intervals, its equinox, winter & summer solstice paths, sunrise sunset times, twilight times, sun shadow, the golden hour & more. The app allows you to add sun-event notifications & has a widget...

apps.apple.com

 

[Ampster]

I am on the island of Roatan; 16.348199,

On the solstice, June 21 the azimuth will be 23.5 so the perfect angle on that day for your Latitude would be tilted 8 degrees North off horizontal. Either way you want a few degrees tilt to allow water to run off and not allow silt to collect at the edges where the panel glass meets the frame.

 

[IslandBill]

I use sun surveyor for this. I boondock fulltime and seeing the AR path of the sun helps me position the campervan in any given site.

I'll check that app out. Thanks for the lead.

 

[IslandBill]

Sun Seeker - Tracker, Surveyor

Sunseeker is a comprehensive solar tracking & compass app. It shows the sun’s hourly direction intervals, its equinox, winter & summer solstice paths, sunrise sunset times, twilight times, sun shadow, the golden hour & more. The app allows you to add sun-event notifications & has a widget...

apps.apple.com

Seems to be Apple only. I'm on Android.

 

[IslandBill]

On the solstice, June 21 the azimuth will be 23.5 so the perfect angle on that day for your Latitude would be tilted 8 degrees North off horizontal. Either way you want a few degrees tilt to allow water to run off and not allow silt to collect at the edges where the panel glass meets the frame.

I entered June 1 @ noon into suncalc.org and it gives the reciprocal of 8 as the altitude for North. Checks out!

 

[mciholas]

Calculation of sun’s position in the sky for each location on the earth at any time of day [en]

Calculation of sun’s position in the sky for each location on the earth at any time of day. Azimuth, sunrise sunset noon, daylight and graphs of the solar path. [en]

www.sunearthtools.com

Mike C.

 

[IslandBill]

Calculation of sun’s position in the sky for each location on the earth at any time of day [en]

Calculation of sun’s position in the sky for each location on the earth at any time of day. Azimuth, sunrise sunset noon, daylight and graphs of the solar path. [en]

www.sunearthtools.com

Mike C.

Thank You.

 

[Bkord]

Seems to be Apple only. I'm on Android.

Sun Seeker - Solar AR Tracker - Apps on Google Play

AR view sun surveyor app. Find the sun position, solar path & sunlight exposure.

play.google.com

 

[IslandBill]

Sun Seeker - Solar AR Tracker - Apps on Google Play

AR view sun surveyor app. Find the sun position, solar path & sunlight exposure.

play.google.com

Thank You.