Khabarovsk · Russia · 53.15° N · 140.72° E
Solar position in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nikolayevsk-on-Amure — computed for 53.15° N, 140.72° E, 40 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+10
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:04 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:45 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:21 | 109° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:11 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:20 | 24.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:20 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:56 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:36 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:16 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 59 min | |
Sun path diagram for Nikolayevsk-on-Amure
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 60.3° at solar noon in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure; on the December solstice only 13.5°. Sunrise swings from 47° NE in June to 130° SE in December — a 83° 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 | 08:37 | 12:48 | 16:59 | 8 h 22 min | 17.0° |
| February | 07:43 | 12:51 | 17:59 | 10 h 16 min | 26.3° |
| March | 06:38 | 12:44 | 18:51 | 12 h 13 min | 37.1° |
| April | 05:25 | 12:36 | 19:47 | 14 h 21 min | 48.7° |
| May | 04:29 | 12:33 | 20:38 | 16 h 08 min | 57.0° |
| June | 04:09 | 12:38 | 21:07 | 16 h 58 min | 60.3° |
| July | 04:36 | 12:43 | 20:49 | 16 h 13 min | 57.3° |
| August | 05:27 | 12:40 | 19:52 | 14 h 25 min | 49.0° |
| September | 06:20 | 12:30 | 18:39 | 12 h 19 min | 37.6° |
| October | 07:13 | 12:21 | 17:28 | 10 h 15 min | 26.2° |
| November | 08:11 | 12:22 | 16:33 | 8 h 23 min | 17.0° |
| December | 08:48 | 12:34 | 16:21 | 7 h 32 min | 13.5° |
A year of daylight in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure
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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amure
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
47°collects the most energy over a year: 1203 kWh per kWp.
80°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° | 900 | 75% | 0.50 | 8.8× |
| 15° | 1058 | 88% | 0.90 | 5.1× |
| 30° | 1161 | 97% | 1.26 | 3.6× |
| 45° | 1202 | 100% | 1.55 | 2.9× |
| 47° year-round best | 1203 | 100% | 1.58 | 2.8× |
| 53° = latitude | 1198 | 100% | 1.67 | 2.7× |
| 60° | 1180 | 98% | 1.75 | 2.5× |
| 70° | 1130 | 94% | 1.82 | 2.3× |
| 80° off-grid best | 1054 | 88% | 1.85 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 956 | 79% | 1.82 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure produces the most over a year at 47°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 80° it makes 1.85 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 47°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 47° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 47° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.89 | 2.51 | 2.43 | 2.14 | -20.7 °C |
| February snow | 1.80 | 3.70 | 3.59 | 3.32 | -20.0 °C |
| March snow | 2.98 | 4.47 | 4.20 | 4.14 | -11.5 °C |
| April snow | 4.09 | 4.64 | 4.23 | 4.46 | -2.9 °C |
| May | 4.82 | 3.88 | 3.41 | 4.17 | 5.6 °C |
| June | 5.27 | 3.83 | 3.27 | 4.16 | 12.1 °C |
| July | 4.83 | 3.66 | 3.08 | 3.86 | 16.3 °C |
| August | 4.05 | 3.66 | 3.08 | 3.63 | 16.3 °C |
| September | 3.19 | 3.87 | 3.34 | 3.59 | 11.3 °C |
| October | 1.83 | 2.94 | 2.63 | 2.61 | 1.9 °C |
| November snow | 0.95 | 2.29 | 2.13 | 1.91 | -9.3 °C |
| December snow | 0.64 | 1.91 | 1.82 | 1.58 | -18.1 °C |
| Year | 2.95 avg | 3.44 avg | 1130 kWh | 1203 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 650 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 740 Wp at 47°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure
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.
11.1 mrow pitch at 70°
9.4 mrow pitch at 47°
How Nikolayevsk-on-Amure compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
577thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.95 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,203 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
−36 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 16 h 58 min against 17 h 34 min.
47°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); Nikolayevsk-on-Amure ranks joint 577th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.82 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 7 h 32 min, +32 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Nikolayevsk-on-Amure, 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.