Municipio de Sabá Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Municipio de Sabá, Colón, Honduras
Qibla Details for Municipio de Sabá
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Municipio de Sabá?
The Qibla direction from Municipio de Sabá, Colón, Honduras is 56.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Municipio de Sabá should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Municipio de Sabá from Mecca?
The distance from Municipio de Sabá to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,851 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Municipio de Sabá?
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 Municipio de Sabá, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Municipio de Sabá?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Municipio de Sabá is 56.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 87.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.5°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Municipio de Sabá
The Qibla direction from Municipio de Sabá, Colón, Honduras is 56.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,851 km (7,985 miles) away. Geographically, Municipio de Sabá 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 Municipio de Sabá, this means facing east-northeast (56.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Municipio de Sabá
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (56.5°), 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 87.2° from Municipio de Sabá. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.5°.
Using a compass in Municipio de Sabá
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Municipio de Sabá. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 56.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.