Qibla Direction in Albuquerque, New Mexico

How to face the Qibla in Albuquerque

1. With your phone: tap Open the live Qibla compass, allow location (and, on iPhone, motion access), then turn slowly until the Kaaba on the dial reaches the mark at the top.
2. With a regular compass: hold it flat, turn it until the needle sits on N, then face 26.8° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 34.6° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 7.8° off.
3. With the map: open the live compass, switch to Map and follow the gold line from your position to the Kaaba. It does not use the compass at all.

If a phone compass looks wrong, move the phone in a figure-eight a few times, away from laptops, speakers, car dashboards and magnetic cases, and hold it flat while you turn.

Why the Qibla from Albuquerque points northeast

From Albuquerque the Qibla is northeast, closer to north than anywhere on the East Coast. A straight line on a Mercator map points 96°, east, but the great circle, the shortest path over the globe, leaves Albuquerque at 34.6° and climbs to about 62° N, far up toward Greenland, before it curves down toward Arabia. The difference between the two lines is about 61°.

Nearby cities

• El Paso, TX35.7° NE · 230 mi away
• Tucson, AZ31.5° NNE · 318 mi away
• Phoenix, AZ30.1° NNE · 330 mi away
• Denver, CO35.0° NE · 334 mi away
• Las Vegas, NV26.4° NNE · 482 mi away

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