Nordland · Norway · 66.31° N · 14.14° E
Solar position in Mo i Rana
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mo i Rana — computed for 66.31° N, 14.14° E, 40 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Mo i Rana today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:34 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:35 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:35 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:31 | 118° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:59 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:47 | 11.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:34 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:02 | 241° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:57 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:58 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:58 | 18° below |
| Day length | 8 h 31 min | |
Sun path diagram for Mo i Rana
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 47.1° at solar noon in Mo i Rana; on the December solstice only 0.7°.
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 | 09:41 | 12:15 | 14:48 | 5 h 07 min | 4.0° |
| February | 07:48 | 12:17 | 16:47 | 8 h 59 min | 13.3° |
| March | 06:00 | 12:11 | 18:22 | 12 h 23 min | 24.1° |
| April | 04:58 | 13:02 | 21:08 | 16 h 10 min | 35.7° |
| May | 02:55 | 13:00 | 23:07 | 20 h 12 min | 43.9° |
| June | — | 13:05 | — | 24 h | 47.1° |
| July | 02:58 | 13:09 | 23:17 | 20 h 20 min | 44.1° |
| August | 04:59 | 13:06 | 21:11 | 16 h 12 min | 35.7° |
| September | 06:41 | 12:55 | 19:09 | 12 h 27 min | 24.3° |
| October | 08:21 | 12:47 | 17:13 | 8 h 53 min | 13.0° |
| November | 09:17 | 11:48 | 14:20 | 5 h 03 min | 3.9° |
| December | 10:47 | 12:01 | 13:15 | 2 h 27 min | 0.7° |
A year of daylight in Mo i Rana
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 Mo i Rana
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
46°collects the most energy over a year: 830 kWh per kWp.
28°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° | 634 | 76% | 0.01 | — |
| 15° | 739 | 89% | 0.01 | — |
| 28° off-grid best | 799 | 96% | 0.00 | — |
| 30° | 805 | 97% | 0.00 | — |
| 45° | 830 | 100% | 0.00 | — |
| 46° year-round best | 830 | 100% | 0.00 | — |
| 60° | 812 | 98% | 0.00 | — |
| 66° = latitude | 793 | 95% | 0.00 | — |
| 70° | 776 | 93% | 0.00 | — |
| 90° | 655 | 79% | 0.00 | — |
A fixed array in Mo i Rana produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 28° it makes 0.00 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 4% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Mo i Rana at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 46° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.16 | -7.7 °C |
| February snow | 0.42 | 1.14 | 1.02 | 0.88 | -7.6 °C |
| March snow | 1.58 | 2.92 | 2.67 | 2.48 | -5.6 °C |
| April snow | 3.29 | 4.09 | 3.69 | 3.82 | -1.3 °C |
| May | 4.52 | 4.27 | 3.78 | 4.34 | 2.7 °C |
| June | 4.92 | 4.21 | 3.64 | 4.33 | 7.5 °C |
| July | 4.46 | 4.00 | 3.41 | 3.99 | 11.5 °C |
| August | 3.38 | 3.63 | 3.11 | 3.43 | 10.7 °C |
| September | 1.81 | 2.56 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 6.5 °C |
| October | 0.69 | 1.50 | 1.32 | 1.21 | 0.7 °C |
| November snow | 0.13 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.31 | -3.7 °C |
| December snow | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.9 °C |
| Year | 2.11 avg | 2.42 avg | 776 kWh | 830 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 117,960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 117,960 Wp at 46°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Mo i Rana
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.
—The winter sun stays too low for rows to be shade-free; use a single row.
How Mo i Rana compares in Norway
Against the other 39 places in Norway with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
35thof 40 places in Norway for sunshine: 2.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−14%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Norway: 830 against 967 kWh per kWp.
+5 h 10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Oslo: 24 h (midnight sun) against 18 h 50 min.
46°best year-round tilt here; across Norway it runs from 42° in Bergen to 48° in Tromsø.
Of the 40 places in Norway, Grimstad gets the most sun (2.78 peak sun hours a day) and Tromsø and one other place the least (1.95); Mo i Rana ranks 35th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.00 kWh a day here, against 0.41 kWh on average in Norway. The shortest day lasts 2 h 27 min, −3 h 27 min compared with Oslo.
Solar forecast for Mo i Rana, 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.