Hesse · Germany · 50.32° N · 8.50° E
Solar position in Neu-Anspach
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Neu-Anspach — computed for 50.32° N, 8.50° E, 320 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Neu-Anspach today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:29 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:02 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:49 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:09 | 27.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:16 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:50 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:28 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:05 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 14 min | |
Sun path diagram for Neu-Anspach
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 63.1° at solar noon in Neu-Anspach; on the December solstice only 16.3°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 127° SE in December — a 77° 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 | 08:14 | 12:37 | 17:00 | 8 h 46 min | 19.9° |
| February | 07:25 | 12:39 | 17:53 | 10 h 28 min | 29.3° |
| March | 06:26 | 12:33 | 18:40 | 12 h 14 min | 40.0° |
| April | 06:20 | 13:24 | 20:29 | 14 h 09 min | 51.6° |
| May | 05:31 | 13:22 | 21:14 | 15 h 44 min | 59.9° |
| June | 05:15 | 13:27 | 21:40 | 16 h 26 min | 63.1° |
| July | 05:39 | 13:32 | 21:24 | 15 h 46 min | 60.1° |
| August | 06:23 | 13:28 | 20:33 | 14 h 10 min | 51.7° |
| September | 07:10 | 13:18 | 19:26 | 12 h 16 min | 40.3° |
| October | 07:57 | 13:10 | 18:22 | 10 h 25 min | 28.9° |
| November | 07:49 | 12:11 | 16:33 | 8 h 45 min | 19.8° |
| December | 08:23 | 12:24 | 16:24 | 8 h 01 min | 16.3° |
A year of daylight in Neu-Anspach
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 Neu-Anspach
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: 1082 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 897 | 83% | 0.45 | 9.9× |
| 15° | 1013 | 94% | 0.69 | 6.7× |
| 30° | 1074 | 99% | 0.89 | 5.1× |
| 38° year-round best | 1082 | 100% | 0.98 | 4.5× |
| 45° | 1076 | 99% | 1.04 | 4.0× |
| 50° = latitude | 1063 | 98% | 1.07 | 3.8× |
| 60° | 1018 | 94% | 1.12 | 3.4× |
| 70° off-grid best | 949 | 88% | 1.14 | 3.1× |
| 90° | 747 | 69% | 1.08 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Neu-Anspach produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.14 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 38°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Neu-Anspach 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 | 0.79 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.26 | -0.1 °C |
| February | 1.52 | 2.43 | 2.17 | 2.06 | 0.8 °C |
| March | 2.71 | 3.39 | 3.00 | 3.14 | 4.3 °C |
| April | 4.24 | 4.06 | 3.53 | 4.16 | 9.0 °C |
| May | 4.96 | 3.83 | 3.26 | 4.24 | 13.2 °C |
| June | 5.45 | 3.83 | 3.21 | 4.37 | 17.3 °C |
| July | 5.27 | 3.84 | 3.19 | 4.27 | 19.6 °C |
| August | 4.46 | 3.84 | 3.21 | 3.95 | 19.1 °C |
| September | 3.29 | 3.69 | 3.15 | 3.44 | 14.6 °C |
| October | 1.90 | 2.77 | 2.40 | 2.36 | 9.6 °C |
| November | 0.91 | 1.66 | 1.45 | 1.31 | 4.6 °C |
| December | 0.60 | 1.29 | 1.14 | 0.98 | 1.0 °C |
| Year | 3.01 avg | 3.03 avg | 949 kWh | 1082 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 1,040 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,210 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Neu-Anspach
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.
8.8 mrow pitch at 70°
6.9 mrow pitch at 38°
How Neu-Anspach compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
344thof 960 places in Germany for sunshine, shared: 3.02 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,082 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
−25 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 16 h 26 min against 16 h 50 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Germany it runs from 38° in Munich to 41° in Flensburg.
Of the 960 places in Germany, Weil am Rhein and one other place get the most sun (3.42 peak sun hours a day) and Berlin and 3 other places the least (2.83); Neu-Anspach ranks joint 344th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.14 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 8 h 01 min, +22 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Neu-Anspach, 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.