San Miguel de Salcedo Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from San Miguel de Salcedo, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Qibla Details for San Miguel de Salcedo
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in San Miguel de Salcedo?
The Qibla direction from San Miguel de Salcedo, Cotopaxi, Ecuador is 66.4° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Miguel de Salcedo should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is San Miguel de Salcedo from Mecca?
The distance from San Miguel de Salcedo to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,993 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in San Miguel de Salcedo?
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 San Miguel de Salcedo, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Miguel de Salcedo?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Miguel de Salcedo is 66.4° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 79°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.4°.
Finding Qibla Direction in San Miguel de Salcedo
The Qibla direction from San Miguel de Salcedo, Cotopaxi, Ecuador is 66.4° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,993 km (8,073 miles) away. Geographically, San Miguel de Salcedo 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 San Miguel de Salcedo, this means facing east-northeast (66.4°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Miguel de Salcedo
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (66.4°), 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 79° from San Miguel de Salcedo. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.4°.
Using a compass in San Miguel de Salcedo
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in San Miguel de Salcedo. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 66.4° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.