Marcação Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Marcação, Paraíba, Brazil
Qibla Details for Marcação
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Marcação?
The Qibla direction from Marcação, Paraíba, Brazil is 66.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Marcação should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Marcação from Mecca?
The distance from Marcação to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 8,740 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Marcação?
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 Marcação, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Marcação?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Marcação is 66.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 69°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.5°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Marcação
The Qibla direction from Marcação, Paraíba, Brazil is 66.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 8,740 km (5,431 miles) away. Geographically, Marcação 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 Marcação, this means facing east-northeast (66.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Marcação
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (66.5°), 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 69° from Marcação. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.5°.
Using a compass in Marcação
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Marcação. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 66.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.