England · United Kingdom · 50.65° N · 1.16° W
Solar position in Sandown
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sandown — computed for 50.65° N, 1.16° W, 37 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sandown today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:52 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:30 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:08 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:42 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:28 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:48 | 27.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:07 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:54 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:28 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:44 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 12 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sandown
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 62.8° at solar noon in Sandown; on the December solstice only 16.0°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 128° SE in December — a 78° 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 | 07:54 | 12:16 | 16:38 | 8 h 44 min | 19.6° |
| February | 07:05 | 12:18 | 17:32 | 10 h 27 min | 28.9° |
| March | 06:05 | 12:12 | 18:19 | 12 h 14 min | 39.7° |
| April | 05:58 | 13:03 | 20:09 | 14 h 11 min | 51.3° |
| May | 05:08 | 13:01 | 20:54 | 15 h 47 min | 59.6° |
| June | 04:51 | 13:06 | 21:21 | 16 h 29 min | 62.8° |
| July | 05:16 | 13:10 | 21:04 | 15 h 49 min | 59.8° |
| August | 06:01 | 13:07 | 20:12 | 14 h 11 min | 51.4° |
| September | 06:49 | 12:57 | 19:05 | 12 h 16 min | 40.0° |
| October | 07:37 | 12:48 | 18:00 | 10 h 23 min | 28.6° |
| November | 07:29 | 11:50 | 16:11 | 8 h 42 min | 19.4° |
| December | 08:03 | 12:02 | 16:01 | 7 h 58 min | 16.0° |
A year of daylight in Sandown
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 Sandown
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: 1175 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° | 963 | 82% | 0.49 | 9.9× |
| 15° | 1095 | 93% | 0.78 | 6.5× |
| 30° | 1165 | 99% | 1.02 | 4.8× |
| 38° year-round best | 1175 | 100% | 1.13 | 4.2× |
| 45° | 1169 | 99% | 1.21 | 3.8× |
| 51° = latitude | 1152 | 98% | 1.26 | 3.5× |
| 60° | 1107 | 94% | 1.31 | 3.2× |
| 70° | 1031 | 88% | 1.34 | 2.9× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1022 | 87% | 1.34 | 2.8× |
| 90° | 809 | 69% | 1.27 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Sandown produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.34 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sandown 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 | 0.85 | 1.81 | 1.57 | 1.36 | 6.9 °C |
| February | 1.58 | 2.60 | 2.28 | 2.15 | 6.5 °C |
| March | 2.84 | 3.62 | 3.17 | 3.30 | 7.4 °C |
| April | 4.50 | 4.39 | 3.82 | 4.47 | 9.4 °C |
| May | 5.43 | 4.21 | 3.62 | 4.72 | 11.9 °C |
| June | 5.89 | 4.10 | 3.48 | 4.79 | 14.6 °C |
| July | 5.69 | 4.14 | 3.49 | 4.70 | 16.7 °C |
| August | 4.71 | 4.13 | 3.48 | 4.27 | 17.2 °C |
| September | 3.52 | 4.06 | 3.45 | 3.74 | 15.9 °C |
| October | 1.96 | 2.90 | 2.48 | 2.43 | 13.5 °C |
| November | 1.03 | 2.00 | 1.72 | 1.53 | 10.3 °C |
| December | 0.67 | 1.55 | 1.34 | 1.13 | 7.9 °C |
| Year | 3.23 avg | 3.29 avg | 1031 kWh | 1175 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 880 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,040 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sandown
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.
9.0 mrow pitch at 70°
7.0 mrow pitch at 38°
How Sandown compares in the United Kingdom
Against the other 801 places in the United Kingdom with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 802 places in the United Kingdom for sunshine, shared: 3.23 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+11%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United Kingdom: 1,175 against 1,058 kWh per kWp.
−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with London: 16 h 29 min against 16 h 38 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across the United Kingdom it runs from 38° in Plymouth to 45° in Elgin.
Sandown shares the top spot for sunshine among the 802 places in the United Kingdom (3.23 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Fort William with 2.32. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.34 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in the United Kingdom. The shortest day lasts 7 h 58 min, +9 min compared with London.
Solar forecast for Sandown, 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.