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Donetsk · Ukraine · 47.92° N · 38.20° E

Solar position in Ilovays’k

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ilovays’k — computed for 47.92° N, 38.20° E, 194 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:59107° ESE
Sunset today17:22253° WSW
Best panel angle37°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle75°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation30.3°
At solar noon, 12:11Open on the sun map

Sun in Ilovays’k today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:15sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:5112° below
Civil dawn06:276° below
Sunrise06:59107° ESE
Golden hour ends07:43sun 6° up
Solar noon12:1130.3° high
Golden hour starts16:38sun 6° up
Sunset17:22253° WSW
Civil dusk17:546° below
Nautical dusk18:3012° below
Astronomical dusk19:0618° below
Day length10 h 23 min

Sun path diagram for Ilovays’k

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice567891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice89101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 65.5° at solar noon in Ilovays’k; on the December solstice only 18.7°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 73° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:0711:3816:109 h 03 min22.3°
February06:2311:4116:5810 h 36 min31.6°
March05:2811:3417:4112 h 13 min42.4°
April05:2712:2619:2513 h 59 min54.0°
May04:4112:2320:0615 h 24 min62.3°
June04:2712:2820:3016 h 02 min65.5°
July04:4912:3320:1615 h 27 min62.5°
August05:3012:3019:2914 h 00 min54.1°
September06:1212:2018:2712 h 15 min42.7°
October06:5412:1117:2710 h 33 min31.3°
November06:4111:1215:439 h 02 min22.2°
December07:1311:2515:368 h 23 min18.7°

A year of daylight in Ilovays’k

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Ilovays’k

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

37°collects the most energy over a year: 1279 kWh per kWp.

75°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 37°Best worst-month 75°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°106884%0.589.0×
15°120494%0.856.3×
30°127299%1.094.8×
37° year-round best1279100%1.184.2×
45°126899%1.273.8×
48° = latitude125998%1.303.7×
60°119493%1.393.2×
70°110887%1.422.8×
75° off-grid best105683%1.432.6×
90°86367%1.392.2×

A fixed array in Ilovays’k produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 75° it makes 1.43 kWh per kWp a day, 20% more than at 37°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Ilovays’k at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.76 (70°)1.8JanFebruary: 2.81 (70°)2.8FebMarch: 3.21 (70°)3.2MarApril: 3.67 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.71 (70°)3.7MayJune: 3.52 (70°)3.5JunJuly: 3.56 (70°)3.6JulAugust: 3.94 (70°)3.9AugSeptember: 3.89 (70°)3.9SepOctober: 3.07 (70°)3.1OctNovember: 1.88 (70°)1.9NovDecember: 1.42 (70°)1.4Dec37°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 37°Mean temp.
January snow0.971.931.761.49-4.9 °C
February snow1.863.082.812.55-3.9 °C
March3.013.593.213.412.0 °C
April4.554.223.674.409.2 °C
May5.944.403.715.0016.4 °C
June6.454.263.525.0321.2 °C
July6.304.353.564.9724.3 °C
August5.684.793.944.9824.0 °C
September4.064.613.894.2917.4 °C
October2.363.523.073.009.5 °C
November1.152.121.881.702.6 °C
December snow0.741.591.421.18-2.5 °C
Year3.60 avg3.54 avg1108 kWh1279 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 830 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,000 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Ilovays’k

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.

7.5 mrow pitch at 70°

5.9 mrow pitch at 37°

Row spacing calculator

How Ilovays’k compares in Ukraine

Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

52ndof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine, shared: 3.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,279 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.

−25 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 16 h 02 min against 16 h 27 min.

37°best year-round tilt here; across Ukraine it runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi.

Of the 272 places in Ukraine, Balaklava and one other place get the most sun (4.05 peak sun hours a day) and Mostyska and 2 other places the least (3.11); Ilovays’k ranks joint 52nd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.42 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 8 h 23 min, +23 min compared with Kyiv.

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Solar forecast for Ilovays’k, 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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Questions about the sun in Ilovays’k

What is the best solar panel angle in Ilovays’k?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Ilovays’k is 37°, worth about 1279 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 75°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Ilovays’k today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:59 and sets at 17:22 local time (UTC+3), giving 10 h 23 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:11.
How many peak sun hours does Ilovays’k get?
On a flat surface 3.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.7 in December to 6.5 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Ilovays’k?
At solar noon the sun stands 65.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 18.7° on the December solstice.
Is Ilovays’k a good place for solar panels?
With 3.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Ilovays’k ranks joint 52nd of 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (37°) makes about 1,279 kWh a year here, 3% more than the average place in Ukraine.

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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.