Senador Sá Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Senador Sá, Ceará, Brazil
Qibla Details for Senador Sá
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Senador Sá?
The Qibla direction from Senador Sá, Ceará, Brazil is 67.8° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Senador Sá should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Senador Sá from Mecca?
The distance from Senador Sá to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,147 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Senador Sá?
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 Senador Sá, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Senador Sá?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Senador Sá is 67.8° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 72.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Senador Sá
The Qibla direction from Senador Sá, Ceará, Brazil is 67.8° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,147 km (5,684 miles) away. Geographically, Senador Sá sits to the west 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 Senador Sá, this means facing east-northeast (67.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Senador Sá
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 72.6° from Senador Sá. 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 Senador Sá
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Senador Sá. 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.