Hesse · Germany · 50.05° N · 8.69° E
Solar position in Neu-Isenburg
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Neu-Isenburg — computed for 50.05° N, 8.69° E, 127 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Neu-Isenburg today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:50 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:01 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:47 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:09 | 28.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:16 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:49 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:27 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 15 min | |
Sun path diagram for Neu-Isenburg
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 63.4° at solar noon in Neu-Isenburg; on the December solstice only 16.6°. 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 | 08:12 | 12:36 | 17:00 | 8 h 48 min | 20.2° |
| February | 07:24 | 12:39 | 17:53 | 10 h 29 min | 29.5° |
| March | 06:26 | 12:32 | 18:39 | 12 h 13 min | 40.3° |
| April | 06:20 | 13:24 | 20:28 | 14 h 08 min | 51.9° |
| May | 05:31 | 13:21 | 21:12 | 15 h 41 min | 60.2° |
| June | 05:15 | 13:27 | 21:38 | 16 h 23 min | 63.4° |
| July | 05:39 | 13:31 | 21:23 | 15 h 43 min | 60.4° |
| August | 06:23 | 13:28 | 20:32 | 14 h 09 min | 52.0° |
| September | 07:09 | 13:18 | 19:25 | 12 h 16 min | 40.6° |
| October | 07:56 | 13:09 | 18:22 | 10 h 26 min | 29.2° |
| November | 07:47 | 12:10 | 16:34 | 8 h 47 min | 20.0° |
| December | 08:21 | 12:23 | 16:25 | 8 h 04 min | 16.6° |
A year of daylight in Neu-Isenburg
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-Isenburg
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: 1102 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° | 913 | 83% | 0.47 | 9.5× |
| 15° | 1031 | 94% | 0.73 | 6.4× |
| 30° | 1093 | 99% | 0.94 | 4.9× |
| 38° year-round best | 1102 | 100% | 1.03 | 4.3× |
| 45° | 1095 | 99% | 1.09 | 3.9× |
| 50° = latitude | 1082 | 98% | 1.13 | 3.6× |
| 60° | 1036 | 94% | 1.18 | 3.3× |
| 70° off-grid best | 965 | 88% | 1.20 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 759 | 69% | 1.13 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Neu-Isenburg produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.20 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-Isenburg 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 | 0.82 | 1.69 | 1.50 | 1.30 | -0.1 °C |
| February | 1.56 | 2.49 | 2.22 | 2.12 | 0.8 °C |
| March | 2.76 | 3.45 | 3.06 | 3.20 | 4.4 °C |
| April | 4.30 | 4.11 | 3.57 | 4.21 | 9.1 °C |
| May | 5.02 | 3.87 | 3.29 | 4.29 | 13.4 °C |
| June | 5.53 | 3.87 | 3.24 | 4.43 | 17.5 °C |
| July | 5.35 | 3.89 | 3.23 | 4.33 | 19.8 °C |
| August | 4.53 | 3.90 | 3.25 | 4.01 | 19.3 °C |
| September | 3.35 | 3.76 | 3.20 | 3.51 | 14.8 °C |
| October | 1.94 | 2.82 | 2.44 | 2.40 | 9.7 °C |
| November | 0.94 | 1.72 | 1.51 | 1.36 | 4.7 °C |
| December | 0.63 | 1.36 | 1.20 | 1.03 | 1.0 °C |
| Year | 3.07 avg | 3.08 avg | 965 kWh | 1102 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 990 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,150 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Neu-Isenburg
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.
8.6 mrow pitch at 70°
6.8 mrow pitch at 38°
How Neu-Isenburg compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
303rdof 960 places in Germany for sunshine, shared: 3.07 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,102 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
−27 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 16 h 23 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-Isenburg ranks joint 303rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.20 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 8 h 04 min, +25 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Neu-Isenburg, 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 Neu-Isenburg
What is the best solar panel angle in Neu-Isenburg?
What time is sunrise and sunset in Neu-Isenburg today?
How many peak sun hours does Neu-Isenburg get?
How high does the sun get in Neu-Isenburg?
Is Neu-Isenburg a good place for solar panels?
Places near Neu-Isenburg
Put this on your site
A free, live card for Neu-Isenburg: 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.
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.