Quebec · Canada · 48.10° N · 77.80° W
Solar position in Val-d'Or
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Val-d'Or — computed for 48.10° N, 77.80° W, 338 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Val-d'Or today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:00 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:36 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:12 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:44 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:28 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:55 | 30.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:21 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:05 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:37 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:13 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:49 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 21 min | |
Sun path diagram for Val-d'Or
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 65.3° at solar noon in Val-d'Or; on the December solstice only 18.5°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 73° 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 | 07:51 | 12:22 | 16:54 | 9 h 03 min | 22.2° |
| February | 07:07 | 12:25 | 17:43 | 10 h 36 min | 31.6° |
| March | 07:11 | 13:18 | 19:25 | 12 h 14 min | 42.4° |
| April | 06:10 | 13:10 | 20:10 | 14 h 00 min | 53.9° |
| May | 05:24 | 13:07 | 20:51 | 15 h 26 min | 62.2° |
| June | 05:11 | 13:13 | 21:14 | 16 h 04 min | 65.3° |
| July | 05:33 | 13:17 | 21:00 | 15 h 27 min | 62.3° |
| August | 06:14 | 13:14 | 20:13 | 13 h 59 min | 53.8° |
| September | 06:56 | 13:03 | 19:10 | 12 h 14 min | 42.4° |
| October | 07:39 | 12:55 | 18:11 | 10 h 31 min | 31.1° |
| November | 07:26 | 11:56 | 16:26 | 9 h 00 min | 21.9° |
| December | 07:58 | 12:09 | 16:20 | 8 h 21 min | 18.5° |
A year of daylight in Val-d'Or
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 Val-d'Or
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
41°collects the most energy over a year: 1268 kWh per kWp.
75°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° | 1026 | 81% | 0.71 | 6.7× |
| 15° | 1169 | 92% | 1.06 | 4.6× |
| 30° | 1251 | 99% | 1.36 | 3.5× |
| 41° year-round best | 1268 | 100% | 1.54 | 3.1× |
| 45° | 1265 | 100% | 1.60 | 3.0× |
| 48° = latitude | 1260 | 99% | 1.63 | 3.0× |
| 60° | 1213 | 96% | 1.74 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 1143 | 90% | 1.79 | 2.7× |
| 75° off-grid best | 1098 | 87% | 1.80 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 930 | 73% | 1.75 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Val-d'Or produces the most over a year at 41°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 75° it makes 1.80 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 41°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Val-d'Or at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 41° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 41° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.27 | 2.70 | 2.58 | 2.25 | -16.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.25 | 3.88 | 3.69 | 3.41 | -14.7 °C |
| March snow | 3.67 | 5.17 | 4.83 | 4.77 | -8.7 °C |
| April snow | 4.61 | 4.57 | 4.11 | 4.68 | 0.5 °C |
| May | 5.24 | 3.89 | 3.36 | 4.43 | 9.4 °C |
| June | 5.73 | 3.81 | 3.22 | 4.47 | 15.1 °C |
| July | 5.46 | 3.82 | 3.20 | 4.33 | 17.8 °C |
| August | 4.57 | 3.83 | 3.23 | 4.02 | 16.6 °C |
| September | 3.45 | 3.82 | 3.29 | 3.65 | 12.4 °C |
| October | 2.01 | 2.83 | 2.49 | 2.52 | 4.8 °C |
| November snow | 1.09 | 2.03 | 1.83 | 1.64 | -2.5 °C |
| December snow | 0.87 | 1.92 | 1.79 | 1.54 | -11.3 °C |
| Year | 3.36 avg | 3.52 avg | 1143 kWh | 1268 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 660 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 770 Wp at 41°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Val-d'Or
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.
7.6 mrow pitch at 70°
6.3 mrow pitch at 41°
How Val-d'Or compares in Canada
Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
246thof 296 places in Canada for sunshine: 3.36 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,268 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.
+37 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 16 h 04 min against 15 h 27 min.
41°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); Val-d'Or ranks 246th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.79 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 8 h 21 min, −34 min compared with Toronto.
Solar forecast for Val-d'Or, 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.