Odesa · Ukraine · 46.85° N · 30.07° E
Solar position in Rozdilna
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Rozdilna — computed for 46.85° N, 30.07° E, 134 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Rozdilna today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:24 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:00 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:31 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:14 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:43 | 31.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:12 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:55 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:26 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:01 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:37 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 24 min | |
Sun path diagram for Rozdilna
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 66.6° at solar noon in Rozdilna; on the December solstice only 19.8°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 124° 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:36 | 12:11 | 16:46 | 9 h 10 min | 23.3° |
| February | 06:54 | 12:13 | 17:33 | 10 h 39 min | 32.7° |
| March | 06:01 | 12:07 | 18:13 | 12 h 12 min | 43.5° |
| April | 06:01 | 12:58 | 19:56 | 13 h 54 min | 55.1° |
| May | 05:18 | 12:56 | 20:34 | 15 h 17 min | 63.4° |
| June | 05:05 | 13:01 | 20:57 | 15 h 53 min | 66.6° |
| July | 05:26 | 13:06 | 20:45 | 15 h 19 min | 63.6° |
| August | 06:04 | 13:02 | 20:00 | 13 h 55 min | 55.2° |
| September | 06:44 | 12:52 | 18:59 | 12 h 15 min | 43.8° |
| October | 07:25 | 12:44 | 18:02 | 10 h 36 min | 32.4° |
| November | 07:10 | 11:45 | 16:19 | 9 h 09 min | 23.2° |
| December | 07:41 | 11:57 | 16:13 | 8 h 32 min | 19.8° |
A year of daylight in Rozdilna
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 Rozdilna
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
36°collects the most energy over a year: 1312 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° | 1098 | 84% | 0.69 | 7.6× |
| 15° | 1237 | 94% | 1.02 | 5.2× |
| 30° | 1305 | 100% | 1.30 | 4.0× |
| 36° year-round best | 1312 | 100% | 1.40 | 3.6× |
| 45° | 1299 | 99% | 1.51 | 3.2× |
| 47° = latitude | 1293 | 99% | 1.53 | 3.1× |
| 60° | 1220 | 93% | 1.63 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 1129 | 86% | 1.66 | 2.3× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1118 | 85% | 1.66 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 871 | 66% | 1.58 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Rozdilna produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.66 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 36°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Rozdilna at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 36° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 36° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.09 | 2.19 | 1.99 | 1.67 | -3.0 °C |
| February snow | 1.91 | 2.94 | 2.65 | 2.49 | -1.1 °C |
| March | 3.22 | 3.90 | 3.47 | 3.67 | 4.0 °C |
| April | 4.80 | 4.41 | 3.82 | 4.63 | 10.2 °C |
| May | 6.01 | 4.36 | 3.67 | 5.03 | 17.0 °C |
| June | 6.46 | 4.17 | 3.45 | 5.02 | 21.6 °C |
| July | 6.41 | 4.32 | 3.54 | 5.03 | 24.4 °C |
| August | 5.72 | 4.74 | 3.89 | 4.99 | 24.0 °C |
| September | 4.09 | 4.55 | 3.83 | 4.25 | 18.1 °C |
| October | 2.50 | 3.69 | 3.20 | 3.14 | 10.9 °C |
| November | 1.24 | 2.20 | 1.94 | 1.75 | 4.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.88 | 1.85 | 1.66 | 1.40 | -0.8 °C |
| Year | 3.70 avg | 3.61 avg | 1129 kWh | 1312 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 710 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 840 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Rozdilna
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°
5.6 mrow pitch at 36°
How Rozdilna compares in Ukraine
Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
35thof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine, shared: 3.70 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,312 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.
−34 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 15 h 53 min against 16 h 27 min.
36°best year-round tilt here; across Ukraine it runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Of the 272 places in Ukraine, Balaklava and one other place get the most sun (4.05 peak sun hours a day) and Mostyska and 2 other places the least (3.11); Rozdilna ranks joint 35th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.66 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 8 h 32 min, +32 min compared with Kyiv.
Solar forecast for Rozdilna, 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 Rozdilna
What is the best solar panel angle in Rozdilna?
What time is sunrise and sunset in Rozdilna today?
How many peak sun hours does Rozdilna get?
How high does the sun get in Rozdilna?
Is Rozdilna a good place for solar panels?
Places near Rozdilna
Put this on your site
A free, live card for Rozdilna: 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.