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Alberta · Canada · 53.52° N · 113.32° W

Solar position in Sherwood Park

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sherwood Park — computed for 53.52° N, 113.32° W, 729 m above sea level.

Sunrise today08:17109° ESE
Sunset today18:16251° WSW
Best panel angle46°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle80°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation24.6°
At solar noon, 13:17Open on the sun map

Sun in Sherwood Park today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:20sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn07:0012° below
Civil dawn07:416° below
Sunrise08:17109° ESE
Golden hour ends09:08sun 6° up
Solar noon13:1724.6° high
Golden hour starts17:25sun 6° up
Sunset18:16251° WSW
Civil dusk18:526° below
Nautical dusk19:3312° below
Astronomical dusk20:1318° below
Day length9 h 59 min

Sun path diagram for Sherwood Park

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 solstice10111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 59.9° at solar noon in Sherwood Park; on the December solstice only 13.1°. Sunrise swings from 46° NE in June to 130° SE in December — a 84° 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
January08:3412:4416:558 h 21 min16.8°
February07:3812:4717:5510 h 17 min26.2°
March07:3213:4019:4812 h 16 min37.0°
April06:1913:3220:4514 h 26 min48.6°
May05:2313:3021:3716 h 14 min56.8°
June05:0313:3522:0617 h 02 min59.9°
July05:3113:3921:4616 h 15 min56.8°
August06:2313:3620:4714 h 24 min48.4°
September07:1713:2519:3312 h 16 min37.0°
October08:1213:1718:2210 h 11 min25.6°
November08:1012:1816:278 h 17 min16.5°
December08:4712:3116:157 h 28 min13.1°

A year of daylight in Sherwood Park

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 Sherwood Park

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

46°collects the most energy over a year: 1418 kWh per kWp.

80°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 46°Best worst-month 80°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°106175%0.578.8×
15°125288%1.065.0×
30°137397%1.503.5×
45°1418100%1.852.8×
46° year-round best1418100%1.872.8×
54° = latitude140899%2.012.6×
60°138598%2.092.5×
70°132093%2.182.4×
80° off-grid best122486%2.212.3×
90°110078%2.182.2×

A fixed array in Sherwood Park produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 80° it makes 2.21 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 46°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Sherwood Park at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).

0123456January: 2.71 (70°)2.7JanFebruary: 4.23 (70°)4.2FebMarch: 5.28 (70°)5.3MarApril: 4.24 (70°)4.2AprMay: 4.04 (70°)4.0MayJune: 3.69 (70°)3.7JunJuly: 3.89 (70°)3.9JulAugust: 3.98 (70°)4.0AugSeptember: 3.81 (70°)3.8SepOctober: 3.15 (70°)3.2OctNovember: 2.26 (70°)2.3NovDecember: 2.18 (70°)2.2Dec46°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 46°Mean temp.
January snow1.062.882.712.37-10.7 °C
February snow2.214.514.233.90-9.8 °C
March snow3.785.775.285.18-4.0 °C
April4.694.764.244.823.7 °C
May5.794.684.044.9910.6 °C
June6.024.353.694.7414.9 °C
July6.144.633.894.9417.8 °C
August5.074.703.984.6916.5 °C
September3.504.403.814.0611.0 °C
October2.043.543.153.083.3 °C
November snow0.992.472.262.00-4.3 °C
December snow0.752.332.181.87-10.1 °C
Year3.51 avg4.08 avg1320 kWh1418 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 540 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 630 Wp at 46°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Sherwood Park

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.

11.5 mrow pitch at 70°

9.6 mrow pitch at 46°

Row spacing calculator

How Sherwood Park compares in Canada

Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

189thof 296 places in Canada for sunshine, shared: 3.51 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+10%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,418 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.

+1 h 35 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 17 h 02 min against 15 h 27 min.

46°best year-round tilt here; across Canada it runs from 34° in Hamilton to 52° in Yellowknife.

Of the 296 places in Canada, Medicine Hat and one other place get the most sun (3.84 peak sun hours a day) and Terrace the least (2.57); Sherwood Park ranks joint 189th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.18 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 7 h 28 min, −1 h 27 min compared with Toronto.

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Solar forecast for Sherwood Park, 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 Sherwood Park

What is the best solar panel angle in Sherwood Park?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Sherwood Park is 46°, worth about 1418 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 80°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Sherwood Park today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 08:17 and sets at 18:16 local time (UTC−6), giving 9 h 59 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:17.
How many peak sun hours does Sherwood Park get?
On a flat surface 3.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.7 in December to 6.1 in July. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.3 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Sherwood Park?
At solar noon the sun stands 59.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 13.1° on the December solstice.
Is Sherwood Park a good place for solar panels?
With 3.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Sherwood Park ranks joint 189th of 296 places in Canada for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (46°) makes about 1,418 kWh a year here, 10% more than the average place in Canada.

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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.