Lagoa Santa Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Lagoa Santa, Goiás, Brazil
Qibla Details for Lagoa Santa
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Lagoa Santa?
The Qibla direction from Lagoa Santa, Goiás, Brazil is 70° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Lagoa Santa should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Lagoa Santa from Mecca?
The distance from Lagoa Santa to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,894 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Lagoa Santa?
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 Lagoa Santa, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Lagoa Santa?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Lagoa Santa is 70° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 65.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 70°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Lagoa Santa
The Qibla direction from Lagoa Santa, Goiás, Brazil is 70° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,894 km (6,769 miles) away. Geographically, Lagoa Santa 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 Lagoa Santa, this means facing east-northeast (70°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Lagoa Santa
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (70°), 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 65.5° from Lagoa Santa. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 70°.
Using a compass in Lagoa Santa
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Lagoa Santa. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 70° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.