Venado Tuerto Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina
Qibla Details for Venado Tuerto
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Venado Tuerto?
The Qibla direction from Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina is 77.7° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Venado Tuerto should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Venado Tuerto from Mecca?
The distance from Venado Tuerto to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,375 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Venado Tuerto?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Venado Tuerto, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Venado Tuerto?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Venado Tuerto is 77.7° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 60.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 77.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Venado Tuerto
The Qibla direction from Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina is 77.7° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,375 km (7,689 miles) away. Geographically, Venado Tuerto sits to the west-southwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Venado Tuerto, this means facing east-northeast (77.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Venado Tuerto
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (77.7°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 60.4° from Venado Tuerto. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 77.7°.
Using a compass in Venado Tuerto
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Venado Tuerto. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 77.7° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.