Kuzbass · Russia · 56.08° N · 86.02° E
Solar position in Anzhero-Sudzhensk
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Anzhero-Sudzhensk — computed for 56.08° N, 86.02° E, 188 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Anzhero-Sudzhensk today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+7
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:02 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:45 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:07 | 111° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:02 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:59 | 21.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:56 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:51 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:13 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:56 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Anzhero-Sudzhensk
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 57.4° at solar noon in Anzhero-Sudzhensk; on the December solstice only 10.6°. Sunrise swings from 43° NE in June to 134° SE in December — a 91° 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 | 09:30 | 13:27 | 17:24 | 7 h 55 min | 14.1° |
| February | 08:27 | 13:29 | 18:32 | 10 h 04 min | 23.4° |
| March | 07:16 | 13:23 | 19:31 | 12 h 15 min | 34.2° |
| April | 05:56 | 13:14 | 20:34 | 14 h 39 min | 45.8° |
| May | 04:52 | 13:12 | 21:33 | 16 h 41 min | 54.1° |
| June | 04:28 | 13:17 | 22:06 | 17 h 38 min | 57.4° |
| July | 04:59 | 13:22 | 21:44 | 16 h 45 min | 54.4° |
| August | 05:57 | 13:18 | 20:39 | 14 h 41 min | 46.0° |
| September | 06:58 | 13:08 | 19:18 | 12 h 20 min | 34.6° |
| October | 07:59 | 13:00 | 18:01 | 10 h 02 min | 23.2° |
| November | 09:04 | 13:01 | 16:58 | 7 h 54 min | 14.1° |
| December | 09:45 | 13:13 | 16:41 | 6 h 56 min | 10.6° |
A year of daylight in Anzhero-Sudzhensk
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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
47°collects the most energy over a year: 1214 kWh per kWp.
81°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° | 899 | 74% | 0.35 | 13.5× |
| 15° | 1063 | 88% | 0.68 | 7.4× |
| 30° | 1170 | 96% | 0.98 | 5.1× |
| 45° | 1213 | 100% | 1.23 | 3.8× |
| 47° year-round best | 1214 | 100% | 1.26 | 3.7× |
| 56° = latitude | 1203 | 99% | 1.36 | 3.4× |
| 60° | 1190 | 98% | 1.40 | 3.2× |
| 70° | 1139 | 94% | 1.47 | 3.0× |
| 81° off-grid best | 1053 | 87% | 1.49 | 2.8× |
| 90° | 961 | 79% | 1.48 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Anzhero-Sudzhensk produces the most over a year at 47°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 81° it makes 1.49 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 47°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Anzhero-Sudzhensk at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 47° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 47° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.77 | 2.57 | 2.49 | 2.14 | -20.4 °C |
| February snow | 1.68 | 3.78 | 3.64 | 3.31 | -17.2 °C |
| March snow | 2.95 | 4.65 | 4.33 | 4.21 | -8.2 °C |
| April snow | 4.29 | 4.80 | 4.33 | 4.68 | 0.2 °C |
| May | 5.07 | 4.28 | 3.71 | 4.47 | 9.0 °C |
| June | 5.84 | 4.42 | 3.72 | 4.66 | 16.4 °C |
| July | 5.34 | 4.23 | 3.53 | 4.35 | 18.2 °C |
| August | 4.34 | 4.15 | 3.51 | 4.06 | 15.9 °C |
| September | 2.83 | 3.57 | 3.10 | 3.29 | 9.2 °C |
| October | 1.43 | 2.36 | 2.11 | 2.07 | 0.7 °C |
| November snow | 0.69 | 1.71 | 1.58 | 1.40 | -9.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.47 | 1.54 | 1.47 | 1.26 | -17.7 °C |
| Year | 2.98 avg | 3.50 avg | 1139 kWh | 1214 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 800 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 940 Wp at 47°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Anzhero-Sudzhensk
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.
15.3 mrow pitch at 70°
12.7 mrow pitch at 47°
How Anzhero-Sudzhensk compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
545thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.98 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,214 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
+5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 17 h 38 min against 17 h 34 min.
47°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.
Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Anzhero-Sudzhensk ranks joint 545th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.47 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 6 h 56 min, −4 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Anzhero-Sudzhensk, 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.