Homyel’ Voblasc’ · Belarus · 53.09° N · 30.05° E
Solar position in Rahachow
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Rahachow — computed for 53.09° N, 30.05° E, 134 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Rahachow today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:46 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:26 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:06 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:42 | 109° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:32 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:43 | 25.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:44 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:20 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:00 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 02 min | |
Sun path diagram for Rahachow
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 60.4° at solar noon in Rahachow; 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 | 08:59 | 13:11 | 17:23 | 8 h 24 min | 17.1° |
| February | 08:05 | 13:13 | 18:22 | 10 h 17 min | 26.5° |
| March | 07:00 | 13:07 | 19:14 | 12 h 14 min | 37.2° |
| April | 05:47 | 12:58 | 20:10 | 14 h 22 min | 48.9° |
| May | 04:52 | 12:56 | 21:01 | 16 h 09 min | 57.1° |
| June | 04:33 | 13:01 | 21:30 | 16 h 57 min | 60.4° |
| July | 05:00 | 13:06 | 21:11 | 16 h 12 min | 57.3° |
| August | 05:50 | 13:02 | 20:14 | 14 h 24 min | 49.0° |
| September | 06:43 | 12:52 | 19:01 | 12 h 17 min | 37.5° |
| October | 07:36 | 12:44 | 17:51 | 10 h 14 min | 26.2° |
| November | 08:34 | 12:45 | 16:56 | 8 h 22 min | 17.0° |
| December | 09:11 | 12:57 | 16:44 | 7 h 33 min | 13.5° |
A year of daylight in Rahachow
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 Rahachow
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
40°collects the most energy over a year: 1137 kWh per kWp.
78°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° | 917 | 81% | 0.34 | 14.1× |
| 15° | 1048 | 92% | 0.54 | 9.3× |
| 30° | 1122 | 99% | 0.72 | 6.9× |
| 40° year-round best | 1137 | 100% | 0.82 | 5.8× |
| 45° | 1134 | 100% | 0.87 | 5.3× |
| 53° = latitude | 1115 | 98% | 0.92 | 4.7× |
| 60° | 1084 | 95% | 0.96 | 4.3× |
| 70° | 1018 | 90% | 0.99 | 3.7× |
| 78° off-grid best | 948 | 83% | 1.00 | 3.6× |
| 90° | 818 | 72% | 0.99 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Rahachow produces the most over a year at 40°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 78° it makes 1.00 kWh per kWp a day, 22% more than at 40°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Rahachow at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 40° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 40° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.70 | 1.65 | 1.51 | 1.27 | -7.8 °C |
| February snow | 1.51 | 2.74 | 2.52 | 2.26 | -6.5 °C |
| March snow | 2.93 | 4.09 | 3.70 | 3.69 | -1.1 °C |
| April | 4.18 | 4.24 | 3.72 | 4.27 | 6.8 °C |
| May | 5.33 | 4.30 | 3.67 | 4.65 | 13.7 °C |
| June | 5.89 | 4.26 | 3.57 | 4.76 | 17.5 °C |
| July | 5.60 | 4.24 | 3.52 | 4.60 | 20.2 °C |
| August | 4.67 | 4.26 | 3.56 | 4.28 | 19.4 °C |
| September | 3.21 | 3.84 | 3.29 | 3.52 | 13.7 °C |
| October | 1.66 | 2.62 | 2.29 | 2.22 | 6.6 °C |
| November | 0.65 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 0.99 | 0.7 °C |
| December snow | 0.45 | 1.11 | 0.99 | 0.82 | -4.9 °C |
| Year | 3.07 avg | 3.22 avg | 1018 kWh | 1137 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 1,190 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,430 Wp at 40°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Rahachow
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.
11.0 mrow pitch at 70°
8.6 mrow pitch at 40°
How Rahachow compares in Belarus
Against the other 55 places in Belarus with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
11thof 56 places in Belarus for sunshine: 3.07 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Belarus: 1,137 against 1,109 kWh per kWp.
−10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Minsk: 16 h 57 min against 17 h 07 min.
40°best year-round tilt here; across Belarus it runs from 39° in Brest to 42° in Vitebsk.
Of the 56 places in Belarus, Dobrush gets the most sun (3.17 peak sun hours a day) and Novopolotsk and one other place the least (2.84); Rahachow ranks 11th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.00 kWh a day here, against 0.96 kWh on average in Belarus. The shortest day lasts 7 h 33 min, +9 min compared with Minsk.
Solar forecast for Rahachow, 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.