Cerritos de Cárdenas Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Cerritos de Cárdenas, Morelos, Mexico
Qibla Details for Cerritos de Cárdenas
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Cerritos de Cárdenas?
The Qibla direction from Cerritos de Cárdenas, Morelos, Mexico is 45.7° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Cerritos de Cárdenas should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Cerritos de Cárdenas from Mecca?
The distance from Cerritos de Cárdenas to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,688 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Cerritos de Cárdenas?
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 Cerritos de Cárdenas, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Cerritos de Cárdenas?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Cerritos de Cárdenas is 45.7° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 89.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.7°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Cerritos de Cárdenas
The Qibla direction from Cerritos de Cárdenas, Morelos, Mexico is 45.7° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,688 km (8,505 miles) away. Geographically, Cerritos de Cárdenas 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 Cerritos de Cárdenas, this means facing northeast (45.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Cerritos de Cárdenas
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (45.7°), 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 89.4° from Cerritos de Cárdenas. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.7°.
Using a compass in Cerritos de Cárdenas
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Cerritos de Cárdenas. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 45.7° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.