Brest · Belarus · 52.15° N · 25.53° E
Solar position in Ivanovo
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ivanovo — computed for 52.15° N, 25.53° E, 142 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ivanovo today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:04 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:44 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:23 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:58 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:47 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:01 | 26.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:16 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:04 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:39 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:58 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ivanovo
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 61.3° at solar noon in Ivanovo; on the December solstice only 14.5°. Sunrise swings from 48° NE in June to 129° SE in December — a 81° 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 | 09:13 | 13:29 | 17:45 | 8 h 32 min | 18.1° |
| February | 08:21 | 13:31 | 18:42 | 10 h 21 min | 27.4° |
| March | 07:18 | 13:25 | 19:32 | 12 h 14 min | 38.2° |
| April | 06:08 | 13:16 | 20:25 | 14 h 18 min | 49.8° |
| May | 05:15 | 13:14 | 21:14 | 16 h 00 min | 58.1° |
| June | 04:56 | 13:19 | 21:42 | 16 h 46 min | 61.3° |
| July | 05:22 | 13:24 | 21:25 | 16 h 02 min | 58.3° |
| August | 06:11 | 13:20 | 20:29 | 14 h 19 min | 49.9° |
| September | 07:01 | 13:10 | 19:18 | 12 h 17 min | 38.5° |
| October | 07:53 | 13:02 | 18:11 | 10 h 18 min | 27.1° |
| November | 08:48 | 13:03 | 17:18 | 8 h 30 min | 17.9° |
| December | 09:24 | 13:15 | 17:07 | 7 h 43 min | 14.5° |
A year of daylight in Ivanovo
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 Ivanovo
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
39°collects the most energy over a year: 1120 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° | 912 | 81% | 0.38 | 12.2× |
| 15° | 1039 | 93% | 0.61 | 8.0× |
| 30° | 1108 | 99% | 0.80 | 6.0× |
| 39° year-round best | 1120 | 100% | 0.90 | 5.1× |
| 45° | 1116 | 100% | 0.96 | 4.7× |
| 52° = latitude | 1098 | 98% | 1.01 | 4.2× |
| 60° | 1062 | 95% | 1.06 | 3.7× |
| 70° | 995 | 89% | 1.10 | 3.3× |
| 78° off-grid best | 923 | 82% | 1.10 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 793 | 71% | 1.08 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Ivanovo produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 78° it makes 1.10 kWh per kWp a day, 23% more than at 39°, and costs 18% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ivanovo at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 39° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.73 | 1.59 | 1.44 | 1.22 | -5.9 °C |
| February snow | 1.48 | 2.55 | 2.32 | 2.10 | -4.3 °C |
| March | 2.80 | 3.66 | 3.29 | 3.39 | 0.9 °C |
| April | 4.19 | 4.18 | 3.65 | 4.23 | 7.9 °C |
| May | 5.22 | 4.15 | 3.53 | 4.53 | 14.1 °C |
| June | 5.73 | 4.09 | 3.42 | 4.62 | 17.8 °C |
| July | 5.45 | 4.08 | 3.38 | 4.45 | 20.3 °C |
| August | 4.75 | 4.27 | 3.56 | 4.31 | 19.7 °C |
| September | 3.26 | 3.87 | 3.31 | 3.55 | 14.2 °C |
| October | 1.78 | 2.78 | 2.42 | 2.35 | 7.6 °C |
| November | 0.76 | 1.43 | 1.25 | 1.13 | 2.3 °C |
| December snow | 0.51 | 1.23 | 1.10 | 0.90 | -3.0 °C |
| Year | 3.06 avg | 3.16 avg | 995 kWh | 1120 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 1,080 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,310 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ivanovo
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.
10.1 mrow pitch at 70°
7.9 mrow pitch at 39°
How Ivanovo compares in Belarus
Against the other 55 places in Belarus with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
12thof 56 places in Belarus for sunshine, shared: 3.06 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Belarus: 1,120 against 1,109 kWh per kWp.
−22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Minsk: 16 h 46 min against 17 h 07 min.
39°best year-round tilt here; across Belarus it runs from 39° in Brest to 42° in Vitebsk.
Of the 56 places in Belarus, Dobrush gets the most sun (3.17 peak sun hours a day) and Novopolotsk and one other place the least (2.84); Ivanovo ranks joint 12th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.10 kWh a day here, against 0.96 kWh on average in Belarus. The shortest day lasts 7 h 43 min, +20 min compared with Minsk.
Solar forecast for Ivanovo, 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.