San Antonio Rayón Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from San Antonio Rayón, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Qibla Details for San Antonio Rayón
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in San Antonio Rayón?
The Qibla direction from San Antonio Rayón, Tamaulipas, Mexico is 45.8° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Antonio Rayón should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is San Antonio Rayón from Mecca?
The distance from San Antonio Rayón to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,378 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in San Antonio Rayón?
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 San Antonio Rayón, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Antonio Rayón?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Antonio Rayón is 45.8° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 90.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in San Antonio Rayón
The Qibla direction from San Antonio Rayón, Tamaulipas, Mexico is 45.8° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,378 km (8,313 miles) away. Geographically, San Antonio Rayón 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 San Antonio Rayón, this means facing northeast (45.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Antonio Rayón
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (45.8°), 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 90.4° from San Antonio Rayón. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.8°.
Using a compass in San Antonio Rayón
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in San Antonio Rayón. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 45.8° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.