Solarposition.org

Rostov · Russia · 47.89° N · 40.07° E

Solar position in Krasnyy Sulin

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Krasnyy Sulin — computed for 47.89° N, 40.07° E, 175 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:51107° ESE
Sunset today17:15253° 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, 12:03Open on the sun map

Sun in Krasnyy Sulin today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:08sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:4312° below
Civil dawn06:206° below
Sunrise06:51107° ESE
Golden hour ends07:35sun 6° up
Solar noon12:0330.3° high
Golden hour starts16:31sun 6° up
Sunset17:15253° WSW
Civil dusk17:466° below
Nautical dusk18:2312° below
Astronomical dusk18:5818° below
Day length10 h 23 min

Sun path diagram for Krasnyy Sulin

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 solstice910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 65.6° at solar noon in Krasnyy Sulin; 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
January07:5912:3117:029 h 03 min22.3°
February07:1512:3317:5110 h 36 min31.6°
March06:2112:2718:3312 h 12 min42.4°
April05:1912:1819:1813 h 58 min54.0°
May04:3412:1619:5815 h 24 min62.3°
June04:2012:2120:2216 h 02 min65.6°
July04:4212:2620:0915 h 26 min62.5°
August05:2212:2219:2214 h 00 min54.2°
September06:0412:1218:2012 h 15 min42.8°
October06:4712:0417:2010 h 33 min31.4°
November07:3412:0516:369 h 02 min22.2°
December08:0612:1716:298 h 23 min18.7°

A year of daylight in Krasnyy Sulin

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 Krasnyy Sulin

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: 1283 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°107384%0.598.8×
15°120894%0.876.2×
30°127699%1.114.7×
37° year-round best1283100%1.204.2×
45°127299%1.293.8×
48° = latitude126398%1.323.6×
60°119893%1.403.1×
70°111187%1.442.7×
75° off-grid best105882%1.442.6×
90°86567%1.402.2×

A fixed array in Krasnyy Sulin produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 75° it makes 1.44 kWh per kWp a day, 20% more than at 37°, and costs 18% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Krasnyy Sulin at 70°

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

0123456January: 1.80 (70°)1.8JanFebruary: 2.84 (70°)2.8FebMarch: 3.19 (70°)3.2MarApril: 3.68 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.72 (70°)3.7MayJune: 3.54 (70°)3.5JunJuly: 3.55 (70°)3.6JulAugust: 3.94 (70°)3.9AugSeptember: 3.92 (70°)3.9SepOctober: 3.03 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 1.90 (70°)1.9NovDecember: 1.44 (70°)1.4Dec37°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 37°Mean temp.
January snow1.001.971.801.53-5.1 °C
February snow1.883.102.842.57-4.1 °C
March3.023.573.193.402.1 °C
April4.574.233.684.419.5 °C
May5.964.413.725.0116.8 °C
June6.514.293.545.0721.7 °C
July6.304.353.554.9624.8 °C
August5.694.803.944.9924.3 °C
September4.094.643.924.3117.6 °C
October2.353.493.032.989.5 °C
November1.172.141.901.712.5 °C
December snow0.761.601.441.20-2.7 °C
Year3.62 avg3.55 avg1111 kWh1283 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 820 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 980 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Krasnyy Sulin

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 Krasnyy Sulin compares in Russia

Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

205thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 3.62 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,283 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.

−1 h 32 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 16 h 02 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); Krasnyy Sulin ranks joint 205th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.44 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 23 min, +1 h 23 min compared with Moscow.

The sunniest places in Russia

Solar forecast for Krasnyy Sulin, next 48 hours

Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.

Loading the latest forecast…

Questions about the sun in Krasnyy Sulin

What is the best solar panel angle in Krasnyy Sulin?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Krasnyy Sulin is 37°, worth about 1283 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 Krasnyy Sulin today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:51 and sets at 17:15 local time (UTC+3), giving 10 h 23 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:03.
How many peak sun hours does Krasnyy Sulin get?
On a flat surface 3.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.8 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 Krasnyy Sulin?
At solar noon the sun stands 65.6° above the horizon on the June solstice and 18.7° on the December solstice.
Is Krasnyy Sulin a good place for solar panels?
With 3.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Krasnyy Sulin ranks joint 205th of 980 places in Russia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (37°) makes about 1,283 kWh a year here, 7% more than the average place in Russia.

Places near Krasnyy Sulin

All places in Russia

Put this on your site

A free, live card for Krasnyy Sulin: where the sun is right now on today's path, a countdown to sunset or sunrise, the daylight change, the moon phase at night and the best panel angle.

Theme

Paste it into any page, blog or CMS that accepts HTML. Auto follows the visitor's light or dark system setting. Free to use with its link.

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.