Qibla Direction in Atlanta, Georgia

How to face the Qibla in Atlanta

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 58.0° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 52.3° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 5.6° 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 Atlanta points northeast

Atlanta sits at 33.7° N, 12.3° of latitude north of Makkah (21.4° N), so many people picture the Qibla as roughly east, and on a Mercator map the straight line does point 96°, east. On the globe, the shortest route leaves Atlanta at 52.3° and swings north over the Atlantic to about 49° N before descending to Arabia, which is why the Qibla from Atlanta is northeast.

Nearby cities

• Nashville, TN50.2° NE · 215 mi away
• Charlotte, NC54.4° NE · 226 mi away
• Jacksonville, FL54.8° NE · 285 mi away
• Raleigh, NC55.8° NE · 355 mi away
• Cincinnati, OH51.4° NE · 370 mi away

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