Grande Habituée Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Grande Habituée, Other, Guadeloupe
Qibla Details for Grande Habituée
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Grande Habituée?
The Qibla direction from Grande Habituée, Other, Guadeloupe is 66.2° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Grande Habituée should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Grande Habituée from Mecca?
The distance from Grande Habituée to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,506 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Grande Habituée?
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 Grande Habituée, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Grande Habituée?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Grande Habituée is 66.2° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 86.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.2°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Grande Habituée
The Qibla direction from Grande Habituée, Other, Guadeloupe is 66.2° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,506 km (6,528 miles) away. Geographically, Grande Habituée sits to the west-northwest 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 Grande Habituée, this means facing east-northeast (66.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Grande Habituée
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (66.2°), 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 86.9° from Grande Habituée. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.2°.
Using a compass in Grande Habituée
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Grande Habituée. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 66.2° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.