Turkmenistan · 37.59° N · 61.83° E
Solar position in Mary
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mary — computed for 37.59° N, 61.83° E, 223 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Mary today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:41 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:12 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:42 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:09 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:45 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:36 | 40.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:27 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:01 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 55 min | |
Sun path diagram for Mary
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 75.8° at solar noon in Mary; on the December solstice only 29.0°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 60° 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 | 08:04 | 13:04 | 18:04 | 10 h 00 min | 32.6° |
| February | 07:35 | 13:06 | 18:37 | 11 h 03 min | 41.9° |
| March | 06:55 | 13:00 | 19:05 | 12 h 10 min | 52.7° |
| April | 06:10 | 12:51 | 19:33 | 13 h 23 min | 64.3° |
| May | 05:38 | 12:49 | 20:00 | 14 h 21 min | 72.6° |
| June | 05:31 | 12:54 | 20:17 | 14 h 46 min | 75.8° |
| July | 05:47 | 12:59 | 20:10 | 14 h 23 min | 72.9° |
| August | 06:13 | 12:55 | 19:37 | 13 h 24 min | 64.5° |
| September | 06:39 | 12:45 | 18:51 | 12 h 12 min | 53.1° |
| October | 07:06 | 12:37 | 18:07 | 11 h 01 min | 41.7° |
| November | 07:38 | 12:38 | 17:38 | 10 h 00 min | 32.5° |
| December | 08:03 | 12:50 | 17:37 | 9 h 34 min | 29.0° |
A year of daylight in Mary
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 Mary
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1722 kWh per kWp.
62°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° | 1502 | 87% | 1.72 | 3.7× |
| 15° | 1661 | 96% | 2.38 | 2.6× |
| 30° | 1721 | 100% | 2.89 | 2.0× |
| 31° year-round best | 1722 | 100% | 2.91 | 2.0× |
| 38° = latitude | 1712 | 99% | 3.08 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1680 | 98% | 3.21 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1540 | 89% | 3.34 | 1.6× |
| 62° off-grid best | 1515 | 88% | 3.34 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1398 | 81% | 3.31 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 1020 | 59% | 2.97 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Mary produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 62° it makes 3.34 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 31°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Mary at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.31 | 3.79 | 3.39 | 3.08 | 3.0 °C |
| February | 3.27 | 4.42 | 3.92 | 3.89 | 5.3 °C |
| March | 4.43 | 4.60 | 3.97 | 4.50 | 11.9 °C |
| April | 5.78 | 4.50 | 3.78 | 5.07 | 18.2 °C |
| May | 7.16 | 4.26 | 3.47 | 5.51 | 25.6 °C |
| June | 8.09 | 4.06 | 3.23 | 5.73 | 30.6 °C |
| July | 7.94 | 4.23 | 3.35 | 5.71 | 32.4 °C |
| August | 7.34 | 4.98 | 3.99 | 5.86 | 29.9 °C |
| September | 6.09 | 5.83 | 4.79 | 5.75 | 24.0 °C |
| October | 4.33 | 5.62 | 4.77 | 4.87 | 16.7 °C |
| November | 2.81 | 4.58 | 4.01 | 3.67 | 8.9 °C |
| December | 2.10 | 3.71 | 3.31 | 2.91 | 3.6 °C |
| Year | 5.15 avg | 4.55 avg | 1398 kWh | 1722 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 360 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 400 Wp at 31°. The steep array is 10% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Mary
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.
4.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.8 mrow pitch at 31°
How Mary compares in Turkmenistan
Against the other 35 places in Turkmenistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
5thof 36 places in Turkmenistan for sunshine: 5.15 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Turkmenistan: 1,722 against 1,670 kWh per kWp.
−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Ashgabat: 14 h 46 min against 14 h 48 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across Turkmenistan it runs from 30° in Sarahs to 36° in Daşoguz.
Of the 36 places in Turkmenistan, Sarahs gets the most sun (5.20 peak sun hours a day) and Türkmenbaşy the least (4.48); Mary ranks 5th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.23 kWh a day here, against 3.16 kWh on average in Turkmenistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 34 min, +2 min compared with Ashgabat.
Solar forecast for Mary, 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.