Rostov · Russia · 48.32° N · 40.26° E
Solar position in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — computed for 48.32° N, 40.26° E, 57 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:07 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:43 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:19 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:51 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:36 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:02 | 29.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:13 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:45 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:58 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 22 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
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 65.1° at solar noon in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky; on the December solstice only 18.3°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:00 | 12:30 | 17:00 | 9 h 00 min | 21.9° |
| February | 07:15 | 12:32 | 17:50 | 10 h 34 min | 31.2° |
| March | 06:20 | 12:26 | 18:32 | 12 h 13 min | 42.0° |
| April | 05:18 | 12:17 | 19:18 | 14 h 00 min | 53.6° |
| May | 04:32 | 12:15 | 19:59 | 15 h 27 min | 61.9° |
| June | 04:17 | 12:20 | 20:23 | 16 h 06 min | 65.1° |
| July | 04:40 | 12:25 | 20:09 | 15 h 30 min | 62.1° |
| August | 05:21 | 12:21 | 19:22 | 14 h 01 min | 53.7° |
| September | 06:03 | 12:11 | 18:19 | 12 h 15 min | 42.3° |
| October | 06:47 | 12:03 | 17:19 | 10 h 32 min | 30.9° |
| November | 07:34 | 12:04 | 16:34 | 8 h 59 min | 21.8° |
| December | 08:07 | 12:16 | 16:26 | 8 h 19 min | 18.3° |
A year of daylight in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
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 Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
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: 1287 kWh per kWp.
75°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° | 1070 | 83% | 0.58 | 9.0× |
| 15° | 1208 | 94% | 0.85 | 6.3× |
| 30° | 1279 | 99% | 1.09 | 4.8× |
| 37° year-round best | 1287 | 100% | 1.18 | 4.3× |
| 45° | 1278 | 99% | 1.27 | 3.8× |
| 48° = latitude | 1269 | 99% | 1.30 | 3.7× |
| 60° | 1206 | 94% | 1.39 | 3.2× |
| 70° | 1121 | 87% | 1.42 | 2.8× |
| 75° off-grid best | 1068 | 83% | 1.43 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 876 | 68% | 1.39 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky 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, 21% more than at 37°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 37° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.03 | 2.05 | 1.88 | 1.59 | -6.0 °C |
| February snow | 1.95 | 3.24 | 2.97 | 2.69 | -4.9 °C |
| March | 3.08 | 3.70 | 3.32 | 3.52 | 1.4 °C |
| April | 4.52 | 4.21 | 3.66 | 4.37 | 9.2 °C |
| May | 5.93 | 4.43 | 3.74 | 5.01 | 16.5 °C |
| June | 6.50 | 4.32 | 3.57 | 5.08 | 21.2 °C |
| July | 6.24 | 4.35 | 3.56 | 4.94 | 24.2 °C |
| August | 5.66 | 4.81 | 3.95 | 4.98 | 23.7 °C |
| September | 4.04 | 4.62 | 3.91 | 4.29 | 16.9 °C |
| October | 2.30 | 3.44 | 3.00 | 2.93 | 8.9 °C |
| November | 1.13 | 2.12 | 1.88 | 1.69 | 2.0 °C |
| December snow | 0.74 | 1.58 | 1.42 | 1.18 | -3.5 °C |
| Year | 3.60 avg | 3.57 avg | 1121 kWh | 1287 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 Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
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.
7.7 mrow pitch at 70°
6.1 mrow pitch at 37°
How Kamensk-Shakhtinsky compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
217thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 3.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,287 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
−1 h 28 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 16 h 06 min against 17 h 34 min.
37°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); Kamensk-Shakhtinsky ranks joint 217th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.42 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 19 min, +1 h 19 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, 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.