Quantico Station Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Quantico Station, Virginia, United States
Qibla Details for Quantico Station
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Quantico Station?
The Qibla direction from Quantico Station, Virginia, United States is 56.4° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Quantico Station should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Quantico Station from Mecca?
The distance from Quantico Station to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,688 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Quantico Station?
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 Quantico Station, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Quantico Station?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Quantico Station is 56.4° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 99.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.4°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Quantico Station
The Qibla direction from Quantico Station, Virginia, United States is 56.4° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,688 km (6,641 miles) away. Geographically, Quantico Station sits to the 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 Quantico Station, this means facing east-northeast (56.4°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Quantico Station
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (56.4°), 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 99.6° from Quantico Station. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.4°.
Using a compass in Quantico Station
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Quantico Station. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 56.4° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.