Comuna Valea Lungă Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Comuna Valea Lungă, Dâmbovița, Romania
Qibla Details for Comuna Valea Lungă
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Comuna Valea Lungă?
The Qibla direction from Comuna Valea Lungă, Dâmbovița, Romania is 149° (SSE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Comuna Valea Lungă should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Comuna Valea Lungă from Mecca?
The distance from Comuna Valea Lungă to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 2,938 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Comuna Valea Lungă?
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 Comuna Valea Lungă, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Comuna Valea Lungă?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Comuna Valea Lungă is 149° (SSE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 153.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 149°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Comuna Valea Lungă
The Qibla direction from Comuna Valea Lungă, Dâmbovița, Romania is 149° from true north, pointing towards the south-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 2,938 km (1,826 miles) away. Geographically, Comuna Valea Lungă sits to the north-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your south-southeast.
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 Comuna Valea Lungă, this means facing south-southeast (149°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Comuna Valea Lungă
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (149°), 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 153.6° from Comuna Valea Lungă. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 149°.
Using a compass in Comuna Valea Lungă
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Comuna Valea Lungă. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 149° (south-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.