Khmelnytskyi · Ukraine · 48.68° N · 26.59° E
Solar position in Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kamyanets-Podilskyi — computed for 48.68° N, 26.59° E, 164 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kamyanets-Podilskyi today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:38 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:15 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:47 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:31 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:57 | 29.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:23 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:07 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:39 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:16 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:52 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kamyanets-Podilskyi
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 64.8° at solar noon in Kamyanets-Podilskyi; on the December solstice only 17.9°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 74° 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 | 07:56 | 12:25 | 16:54 | 8 h 58 min | 21.5° |
| February | 07:10 | 12:27 | 17:44 | 10 h 33 min | 30.9° |
| March | 06:14 | 12:21 | 18:27 | 12 h 13 min | 41.7° |
| April | 06:11 | 13:12 | 20:13 | 14 h 02 min | 53.3° |
| May | 05:25 | 13:10 | 20:55 | 15 h 30 min | 61.6° |
| June | 05:10 | 13:15 | 21:20 | 16 h 09 min | 64.8° |
| July | 05:33 | 13:20 | 21:05 | 15 h 32 min | 61.7° |
| August | 06:14 | 13:16 | 20:17 | 14 h 03 min | 53.4° |
| September | 06:58 | 13:06 | 19:14 | 12 h 15 min | 42.0° |
| October | 07:42 | 12:58 | 18:13 | 10 h 30 min | 30.6° |
| November | 07:30 | 11:59 | 16:27 | 8 h 57 min | 21.4° |
| December | 08:03 | 12:11 | 16:19 | 8 h 16 min | 17.9° |
A year of daylight in Kamyanets-Podilskyi
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 Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1222 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° | 1014 | 83% | 0.58 | 8.5× |
| 15° | 1145 | 94% | 0.87 | 5.8× |
| 30° | 1213 | 99% | 1.12 | 4.4× |
| 38° year-round best | 1222 | 100% | 1.24 | 3.8× |
| 45° | 1214 | 99% | 1.32 | 3.4× |
| 49° = latitude | 1202 | 98% | 1.36 | 3.3× |
| 60° | 1147 | 94% | 1.45 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 1068 | 87% | 1.48 | 2.5× |
| 75° off-grid best | 1019 | 83% | 1.49 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 840 | 69% | 1.45 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Kamyanets-Podilskyi produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 75° it makes 1.49 kWh per kWp a day, 20% more than at 38°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kamyanets-Podilskyi at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.01 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 1.60 | -4.6 °C |
| February snow | 1.79 | 2.92 | 2.66 | 2.43 | -2.9 °C |
| March | 3.05 | 3.77 | 3.37 | 3.55 | 2.5 °C |
| April | 4.48 | 4.20 | 3.66 | 4.35 | 9.1 °C |
| May | 5.57 | 4.19 | 3.55 | 4.71 | 15.1 °C |
| June | 6.01 | 4.06 | 3.39 | 4.74 | 18.9 °C |
| July | 5.88 | 4.15 | 3.43 | 4.70 | 21.1 °C |
| August | 5.21 | 4.44 | 3.70 | 4.63 | 20.7 °C |
| September | 3.68 | 4.13 | 3.51 | 3.87 | 15.3 °C |
| October | 2.22 | 3.30 | 2.88 | 2.83 | 8.6 °C |
| November | 1.03 | 1.82 | 1.60 | 1.47 | 2.9 °C |
| December snow | 0.75 | 1.65 | 1.48 | 1.24 | -2.5 °C |
| Year | 3.40 avg | 3.39 avg | 1068 kWh | 1222 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 790 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 950 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kamyanets-Podilskyi
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.
7.8 mrow pitch at 70°
6.3 mrow pitch at 38°
How Kamyanets-Podilskyi compares in Ukraine
Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
160thof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine, shared: 3.40 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,222 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.
−18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 16 h 09 min against 16 h 27 min.
38°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); Kamyanets-Podilskyi ranks joint 160th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.49 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 8 h 16 min, +16 min compared with Kyiv.
Solar forecast for Kamyanets-Podilskyi, 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.