Los Caños Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from Los Caños, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Qibla: 42.9° NE
Distance: 13,721 km
Coords: 21.78°, -102.47°
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Los Caños
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13,721 km

Qibla Details for Los Caños

Qibla Angle42.9° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing90.2°
Distance to Kaaba13,721 km / 8,526 mi
RegionAguascalientes
Latitude21.7817°
Longitude-102.4675°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Los Caños?

The Qibla direction from Los Caños, Aguascalientes, Mexico is 42.9° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Los Caños should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is Los Caños from Mecca?

The distance from Los Caños to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,721 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in Los Caños?

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 Los Caños, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Los Caños?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from Los Caños is 42.9° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 90.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 42.9°.

Finding Qibla Direction in Los Caños

The Qibla direction from Los Caños, Aguascalientes, Mexico is 42.9° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,721 km (8,526 miles) away. Geographically, Los Caños sits to the northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your 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 Los Caños, this means facing northeast (42.9°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in Los Caños

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (42.9°), 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 90.2° from Los Caños. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 42.9°.

Using a compass in Los Caños

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Los Caños. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 42.9° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.