El Hato Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Hato, Los Santos, Panama
Qibla Details for El Hato
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Hato?
The Qibla direction from El Hato, Los Santos, Panama is 62.1° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Hato should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Hato from Mecca?
The distance from El Hato to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,745 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Hato?
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 El Hato, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Hato?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Hato is 62.1° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 83.3°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 62.1°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in El Hato
The Qibla direction from El Hato, Los Santos, Panama is 62.1° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,745 km (7,919 miles) away. Geographically, El Hato 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 El Hato, this means facing east-northeast (62.1°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Hato
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (62.1°), 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 83.3° from El Hato. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 62.1°.
Using a compass in El Hato
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in El Hato. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 62.1° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.