Morpará Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Morpará, Bahia, Brazil
Qibla Details for Morpará
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Morpará?
The Qibla direction from Morpará, Bahia, Brazil is 67.6° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Morpará should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Morpará from Mecca?
The distance from Morpará to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,776 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Morpará?
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 Morpará, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Morpará?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Morpará is 67.6° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 67.8°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.6°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Morpará
The Qibla direction from Morpará, Bahia, Brazil is 67.6° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,776 km (6,075 miles) away. Geographically, Morpará 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 Morpará, this means facing east-northeast (67.6°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Morpará
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.6°), 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 67.8° from Morpará. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.6°.
Using a compass in Morpará
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Morpará. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.6° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.