Grão Mogol Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Qibla: 67.5° ENE
Distance: 9,966 km
Coords: -16.49°, -42.97°
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Grão Mogol
67.5°
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9,966 km

Qibla Details for Grão Mogol

Qibla Angle67.5° from North
Cardinal DirectionENE
Compass Bearing65°
Distance to Kaaba9,966 km / 6,193 mi
RegionMinas Gerais
Latitude-16.4901°
Longitude-42.9654°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Grão Mogol?

The Qibla direction from Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais, Brazil is 67.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Grão Mogol should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is Grão Mogol from Mecca?

The distance from Grão Mogol to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,966 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in Grão Mogol?

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 Grão Mogol, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Grão Mogol?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from Grão Mogol is 67.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 65°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.5°.

Finding Qibla Direction in Grão Mogol

The Qibla direction from Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais, Brazil is 67.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,966 km (6,193 miles) away. Geographically, Grão Mogol 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 Grão Mogol, this means facing east-northeast (67.5°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in Grão Mogol

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.5°), 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° from Grão Mogol. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.5°.

Using a compass in Grão Mogol

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Grão Mogol. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.