Lipetsk Oblast · Russia · 53.25° N · 39.14° E
Solar position in Dankov
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Dankov — computed for 53.25° N, 39.14° E, 136 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Dankov today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:09 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:50 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:30 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:06 | 109° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:07 | 25.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:18 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:08 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:43 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:24 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 02 min | |
Sun path diagram for Dankov
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 60.2° at solar noon in Dankov; on the December solstice only 13.4°. Sunrise swings from 47° NE in June to 130° SE in December — a 83° 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 | 08:23 | 12:34 | 16:45 | 8 h 22 min | 16.9° |
| February | 07:29 | 12:37 | 17:45 | 10 h 17 min | 26.3° |
| March | 06:24 | 12:30 | 18:38 | 12 h 14 min | 37.1° |
| April | 05:11 | 12:22 | 19:34 | 14 h 23 min | 48.7° |
| May | 04:15 | 12:20 | 20:25 | 16 h 10 min | 57.0° |
| June | 03:55 | 12:25 | 20:54 | 16 h 59 min | 60.2° |
| July | 04:22 | 12:29 | 20:35 | 16 h 13 min | 57.2° |
| August | 05:13 | 12:26 | 19:38 | 14 h 25 min | 48.8° |
| September | 06:07 | 12:16 | 18:24 | 12 h 18 min | 37.4° |
| October | 07:00 | 12:07 | 17:14 | 10 h 14 min | 26.0° |
| November | 07:58 | 12:09 | 16:19 | 8 h 21 min | 16.9° |
| December | 08:35 | 12:21 | 16:06 | 7 h 31 min | 13.4° |
A year of daylight in Dankov
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 Dankov
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
42°collects the most energy over a year: 1217 kWh per kWp.
78°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° | 963 | 79% | 0.39 | 12.5× |
| 15° | 1110 | 91% | 0.63 | 8.1× |
| 30° | 1196 | 98% | 0.83 | 6.0× |
| 42° year-round best | 1217 | 100% | 0.97 | 5.0× |
| 45° | 1216 | 100% | 1.00 | 4.8× |
| 53° = latitude | 1200 | 99% | 1.07 | 4.3× |
| 60° | 1170 | 96% | 1.11 | 4.1× |
| 70° | 1104 | 91% | 1.15 | 4.0× |
| 78° off-grid best | 1033 | 85% | 1.16 | 3.8× |
| 90° | 899 | 74% | 1.14 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Dankov produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 78° it makes 1.16 kWh per kWp a day, 20% more than at 42°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Dankov at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 42° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 42° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.89 | 2.11 | 1.96 | 1.68 | -10.3 °C |
| February snow | 1.91 | 3.50 | 3.26 | 2.97 | -9.0 °C |
| March snow | 3.39 | 5.00 | 4.57 | 4.43 | -3.3 °C |
| April | 4.17 | 4.22 | 3.72 | 4.26 | 5.7 °C |
| May | 5.59 | 4.52 | 3.85 | 4.87 | 14.0 °C |
| June | 5.95 | 4.28 | 3.60 | 4.76 | 17.3 °C |
| July | 5.77 | 4.36 | 3.62 | 4.70 | 20.4 °C |
| August | 4.82 | 4.46 | 3.73 | 4.46 | 19.3 °C |
| September | 3.18 | 3.90 | 3.34 | 3.57 | 13.1 °C |
| October | 1.60 | 2.49 | 2.18 | 2.14 | 5.5 °C |
| November snow | 0.71 | 1.51 | 1.35 | 1.19 | -1.3 °C |
| December snow | 0.51 | 1.27 | 1.15 | 0.97 | -7.0 °C |
| Year | 3.21 avg | 3.47 avg | 1104 kWh | 1217 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 1,030 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,220 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Dankov
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.
11.2 mrow pitch at 70°
9.0 mrow pitch at 42°
How Dankov compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
379thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 3.22 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,217 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
−34 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 16 h 59 min against 17 h 34 min.
42°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); Dankov ranks joint 379th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.15 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 7 h 31 min, +31 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Dankov, 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.