The luminous efficacy of global solar radiation for clear skies has been modeled using solar elevation as the only independent parameter. In the present work, two types of models are developed. On the one hand, polynomial models similar to those presented by other authors are produced, and on the other, a non-polynomial model for the luminous efficacy of global solar radiation is reported, as obtained from the ratio between the corresponding illuminance and irradiance models. This last mentioned model offers an accuracy to predict global illuminance similar to that obtained with the polynomial models. However, the model for the global efficacy obtained from illuminance and irradiance models has, among others, the advantage of its mathematical coherence, and its formulation uses a more definite function than the polynomial models.