Hauts-de-France · France · 49.27° N · 2.47° E
Solar position in Nogent-sur-Oise
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nogent-sur-Oise — computed for 49.27° N, 2.47° E, 31 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Nogent-sur-Oise today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:38 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:15 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:52 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:25 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:34 | 28.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:57 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:42 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:52 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:29 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 18 min | |
Sun path diagram for Nogent-sur-Oise
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 64.2° at solar noon in Nogent-sur-Oise; on the December solstice only 17.3°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 75° 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 | 08:34 | 13:01 | 17:28 | 8 h 54 min | 20.9° |
| February | 07:48 | 13:03 | 18:19 | 10 h 32 min | 30.3° |
| March | 06:51 | 12:57 | 19:04 | 12 h 13 min | 41.1° |
| April | 06:47 | 13:49 | 20:51 | 14 h 05 min | 52.7° |
| May | 05:59 | 13:46 | 21:34 | 15 h 35 min | 61.0° |
| June | 05:44 | 13:51 | 21:59 | 16 h 15 min | 64.2° |
| July | 06:07 | 13:56 | 21:44 | 15 h 37 min | 61.1° |
| August | 06:50 | 13:53 | 20:55 | 14 h 05 min | 52.7° |
| September | 07:34 | 13:42 | 19:50 | 12 h 15 min | 41.3° |
| October | 08:20 | 13:34 | 18:48 | 10 h 28 min | 30.0° |
| November | 08:09 | 12:35 | 17:01 | 8 h 52 min | 20.8° |
| December | 08:42 | 12:48 | 16:53 | 8 h 11 min | 17.3° |
A year of daylight in Nogent-sur-Oise
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 Nogent-sur-Oise
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: 1162 kWh per kWp.
71°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° | 958 | 82% | 0.56 | 8.3× |
| 15° | 1086 | 93% | 0.88 | 5.5× |
| 30° | 1153 | 99% | 1.15 | 4.1× |
| 38° year-round best | 1162 | 100% | 1.26 | 3.6× |
| 45° | 1155 | 99% | 1.35 | 3.2× |
| 49° = latitude | 1145 | 99% | 1.38 | 3.0× |
| 60° | 1094 | 94% | 1.46 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 1019 | 88% | 1.48 | 2.5× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1010 | 87% | 1.48 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 801 | 69% | 1.40 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Nogent-sur-Oise produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.48 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Nogent-sur-Oise 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 | 0.92 | 1.86 | 1.64 | 1.44 | 2.9 °C |
| February | 1.67 | 2.68 | 2.38 | 2.26 | 3.5 °C |
| March | 2.91 | 3.58 | 3.15 | 3.31 | 6.4 °C |
| April | 4.47 | 4.22 | 3.66 | 4.33 | 10.0 °C |
| May | 5.18 | 3.94 | 3.36 | 4.41 | 13.4 °C |
| June | 5.67 | 3.92 | 3.29 | 4.54 | 16.8 °C |
| July | 5.48 | 3.94 | 3.29 | 4.44 | 18.7 °C |
| August | 4.65 | 3.96 | 3.32 | 4.12 | 18.3 °C |
| September | 3.62 | 4.06 | 3.45 | 3.79 | 15.2 °C |
| October | 2.13 | 3.10 | 2.67 | 2.64 | 11.4 °C |
| November | 1.10 | 2.07 | 1.80 | 1.63 | 6.8 °C |
| December | 0.75 | 1.68 | 1.48 | 1.26 | 3.5 °C |
| Year | 3.22 avg | 3.25 avg | 1019 kWh | 1162 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 800 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 930 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Nogent-sur-Oise
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.
8.1 mrow pitch at 70°
6.5 mrow pitch at 38°
How Nogent-sur-Oise compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
580thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.22 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,162 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 15 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Nogent-sur-Oise ranks joint 580th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.48 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 11 min, −4 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Nogent-sur-Oise, 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.