Monkey Town Ciceron Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Monkey Town Ciceron, Castries, Saint Lucia
Qibla Details for Monkey Town Ciceron
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Monkey Town Ciceron?
The Qibla direction from Monkey Town Ciceron, Castries, Saint Lucia is 66.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Monkey Town Ciceron should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Monkey Town Ciceron from Mecca?
The distance from Monkey Town Ciceron to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,539 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Monkey Town Ciceron?
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 Monkey Town Ciceron, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Monkey Town Ciceron?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Monkey Town Ciceron is 66.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 85.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 66.5°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Monkey Town Ciceron
The Qibla direction from Monkey Town Ciceron, Castries, Saint Lucia is 66.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,539 km (6,549 miles) away. Geographically, Monkey Town Ciceron 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 Monkey Town Ciceron, this means facing east-northeast (66.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Monkey Town Ciceron
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 85.6° from Monkey Town Ciceron. 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 Monkey Town Ciceron
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Monkey Town Ciceron. 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.