Mansidão Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Mansidão, Bahia, Brazil
Qibla Details for Mansidão
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Mansidão?
The Qibla direction from Mansidão, Bahia, Brazil is 67.8° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Mansidão should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Mansidão from Mecca?
The distance from Mansidão to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,859 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Mansidão?
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 Mansidão, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Mansidão?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Mansidão is 67.8° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 68.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Mansidão
The Qibla direction from Mansidão, Bahia, Brazil is 67.8° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,859 km (6,126 miles) away. Geographically, Mansidão 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 Mansidão, this means facing east-northeast (67.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Mansidão
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.8°), 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 68.4° from Mansidão. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.8°.
Using a compass in Mansidão
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Mansidão. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.8° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.