Tula Oblast · Russia · 54.03° N · 38.40° E
Solar position in Severo-Zadonsk
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Severo-Zadonsk — computed for 54.03° N, 38.40° E, 232 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Severo-Zadonsk today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:14 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:55 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:36 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:13 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:04 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:10 | 23.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:15 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:06 | 250° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:43 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:24 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:05 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 54 min | |
Sun path diagram for Severo-Zadonsk
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 59.4° at solar noon in Severo-Zadonsk; on the December solstice only 12.6°. Sunrise swings from 46° NE in June to 131° SE in December — a 85° 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 | 08:30 | 12:37 | 16:45 | 8 h 15 min | 16.2° |
| February | 07:33 | 12:40 | 17:47 | 10 h 14 min | 25.5° |
| March | 06:26 | 12:33 | 18:41 | 12 h 15 min | 36.3° |
| April | 05:12 | 12:25 | 19:39 | 14 h 27 min | 47.9° |
| May | 04:14 | 12:23 | 20:32 | 16 h 18 min | 56.2° |
| June | 03:53 | 12:28 | 21:02 | 17 h 09 min | 59.4° |
| July | 04:21 | 12:32 | 20:42 | 16 h 21 min | 56.4° |
| August | 05:14 | 12:29 | 19:43 | 14 h 29 min | 48.0° |
| September | 06:09 | 12:19 | 18:27 | 12 h 18 min | 36.6° |
| October | 07:05 | 12:10 | 17:15 | 10 h 10 min | 25.2° |
| November | 08:05 | 12:11 | 16:18 | 8 h 14 min | 16.1° |
| December | 08:43 | 12:24 | 16:05 | 7 h 22 min | 12.6° |
A year of daylight in Severo-Zadonsk
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 Severo-Zadonsk
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
42°collects the most energy over a year: 1187 kWh per kWp.
79°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° | 936 | 79% | 0.35 | 13.7× |
| 15° | 1080 | 91% | 0.57 | 8.8× |
| 30° | 1165 | 98% | 0.77 | 6.5× |
| 42° year-round best | 1187 | 100% | 0.90 | 5.4× |
| 45° | 1186 | 100% | 0.93 | 5.2× |
| 54° = latitude | 1168 | 98% | 1.00 | 4.5× |
| 60° | 1143 | 96% | 1.04 | 4.4× |
| 70° | 1080 | 91% | 1.07 | 4.2× |
| 79° off-grid best | 1001 | 84% | 1.09 | 4.0× |
| 90° | 881 | 74% | 1.07 | 3.9× |
A fixed array in Severo-Zadonsk produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 79° it makes 1.09 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 42°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Severo-Zadonsk at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 42° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 42° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.81 | 1.99 | 1.85 | 1.57 | -10.4 °C |
| February snow | 1.77 | 3.32 | 3.10 | 2.80 | -9.2 °C |
| March snow | 3.27 | 4.90 | 4.49 | 4.33 | -3.6 °C |
| April | 4.10 | 4.19 | 3.70 | 4.22 | 5.2 °C |
| May | 5.53 | 4.52 | 3.86 | 4.85 | 13.5 °C |
| June | 5.85 | 4.27 | 3.59 | 4.72 | 16.7 °C |
| July | 5.68 | 4.35 | 3.62 | 4.67 | 19.6 °C |
| August | 4.70 | 4.40 | 3.69 | 4.39 | 18.2 °C |
| September | 3.04 | 3.76 | 3.23 | 3.44 | 12.3 °C |
| October | 1.50 | 2.34 | 2.05 | 2.01 | 5.0 °C |
| November snow | 0.66 | 1.41 | 1.25 | 1.10 | -1.6 °C |
| December snow | 0.47 | 1.18 | 1.07 | 0.90 | -7.2 °C |
| Year | 3.12 avg | 3.39 avg | 1080 kWh | 1187 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 1,100 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,310 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Severo-Zadonsk
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.
12.1 mrow pitch at 70°
9.6 mrow pitch at 42°
How Severo-Zadonsk compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
448thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 3.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,187 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
−24 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 17 h 09 min against 17 h 34 min.
42°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.
Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Severo-Zadonsk ranks joint 448th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.07 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 7 h 22 min, +22 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Severo-Zadonsk, 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.