Neamț County · Romania · 46.92° N · 26.93° E

Solar position in Roman

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Roman — computed for 46.92° N, 26.93° E, 202 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:42106° ESE
Sunset today18:09253° WSW
Best panel angle37°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle71°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation31.3°
At solar noon, 12:56Open on the sun map

Sun in Roman today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:00sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:3612° below
Civil dawn07:116° below
Sunrise07:42106° ESE
Golden hour ends08:25sun 6° up
Solar noon12:5631.3° high
Golden hour starts17:26sun 6° up
Sunset18:09253° WSW
Civil dusk18:406° below
Nautical dusk19:1612° below
Astronomical dusk19:5118° below
Day length10 h 27 min

Sun path diagram for Roman

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice6789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 66.5° at solar noon in Roman; on the December solstice only 19.7°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 71° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:4812:2316:589 h 10 min23.3°
February07:0612:2617:4510 h 39 min32.6°
March06:1312:1918:2612 h 12 min43.4°
April06:1413:1120:0813 h 55 min55.0°
May05:3013:0820:4715 h 17 min63.3°
June05:1713:1421:1015 h 53 min66.5°
July05:3813:1820:5715 h 19 min63.5°
August06:1713:1520:1213 h 56 min55.1°
September06:5713:0519:1212 h 15 min43.7°
October07:3812:5618:1410 h 36 min32.3°
November07:2311:5716:329 h 08 min23.2°
December07:5412:1016:258 h 31 min19.7°

A year of daylight in Roman

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Roman

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

37°collects the most energy over a year: 1283 kWh per kWp.

71°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 37°Best worst-month 71°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°106583%0.786.2×
15°120494%1.184.3×
30°127599%1.513.3×
37° year-round best1283100%1.642.9×
45°127499%1.762.6×
47° = latitude126899%1.782.6×
60°120294%1.902.2×
70°111787%1.931.9×
71° off-grid best110786%1.931.9×
90°87368%1.841.6×

A fixed array in Roman produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.93 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 37°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Roman at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).

0123456January: 2.29 (70°)2.3JanFebruary: 2.76 (70°)2.8FebMarch: 3.46 (70°)3.5MarApril: 3.56 (70°)3.6AprMay: 3.47 (70°)3.5MayJune: 3.26 (70°)3.3JunJuly: 3.38 (70°)3.4JulAugust: 3.71 (70°)3.7AugSeptember: 3.61 (70°)3.6SepOctober: 3.15 (70°)3.1OctNovember: 2.12 (70°)2.1NovDecember: 1.93 (70°)1.9Dec37°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 37°Mean temp.
January snow1.252.512.291.95-3.7 °C
February snow2.013.042.762.62-1.9 °C
March3.243.893.463.693.3 °C
April4.514.103.564.319.5 °C
May5.614.103.474.7015.6 °C
June5.993.923.264.6719.6 °C
July6.024.103.384.7621.9 °C
August5.424.483.714.7421.6 °C
September3.904.263.614.0316.1 °C
October2.463.613.153.119.5 °C
November1.332.402.121.933.7 °C
December snow0.992.141.931.64-1.9 °C
Year3.57 avg3.55 avg1117 kWh1283 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 610 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 720 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Roman

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.

7.0 mrow pitch at 70°

5.7 mrow pitch at 37°

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How Roman compares in Romania

Against the other 125 places in Romania with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

71stof 126 places in Romania for sunshine, shared: 3.57 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Romania: 1,283 against 1,300 kWh per kWp.

+21 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bucharest: 15 h 53 min against 15 h 33 min.

37°best year-round tilt here; across Romania it runs from 33° in Mangalia to 39° in Bistriţa.

Of the 126 places in Romania, Mangalia gets the most sun (3.93 peak sun hours a day) and Vişeu de Sus and one other place the least (3.33); Roman ranks joint 71st. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.93 kWh a day here, against 2.01 kWh on average in Romania. The shortest day lasts 8 h 31 min, −19 min compared with Bucharest.

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Solar forecast for Roman, 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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Questions about the sun in Roman

What is the best solar panel angle in Roman?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Roman is 37°, worth about 1283 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 71°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Roman today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:42 and sets at 18:09 local time (UTC+3), giving 10 h 27 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:56.
How many peak sun hours does Roman get?
On a flat surface 3.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 1.0 in December to 6.0 in July. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.1 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Roman?
At solar noon the sun stands 66.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 19.7° on the December solstice.
Is Roman a good place for solar panels?
With 3.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Roman ranks joint 71st of 126 places in Romania for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (37°) makes about 1,283 kWh a year here, 1% less than the average place in Romania.

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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.