Quartier de Lorient Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Quartier de Lorient, Other, Saint Barthélemy
Qibla Details for Quartier de Lorient
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Quartier de Lorient?
The Qibla direction from Quartier de Lorient, Other, Saint Barthélemy is 65.7° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Quartier de Lorient should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Quartier de Lorient from Mecca?
The distance from Quartier de Lorient to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,540 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Quartier de Lorient?
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 Quartier de Lorient, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Quartier de Lorient?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Quartier de Lorient is 65.7° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 87.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Quartier de Lorient
The Qibla direction from Quartier de Lorient, Other, Saint Barthélemy is 65.7° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,540 km (6,549 miles) away. Geographically, Quartier de Lorient sits to the west-northwest 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 Quartier de Lorient, this means facing east-northeast (65.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Quartier de Lorient
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (65.7°), 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 87.9° from Quartier de Lorient. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.7°.
Using a compass in Quartier de Lorient
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Quartier de Lorient. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 65.7° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.