Qibla Direction in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

How to face the Qibla in Oklahoma City

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 39.3° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 42.2° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 3.0° 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 Oklahoma City points northeast

Oklahoma City sits at 35.5° N, 14.0° 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 97°, east. On the globe, the shortest route leaves Oklahoma City at 42.2° and swings north over the Atlantic to about 57° N before descending to Arabia, which is why the Qibla from Oklahoma City is northeast.

Nearby cities

• Plano, TX43.5° NE · 175 mi away
• Richardson, TX43.5° NE · 180 mi away
• Garland, TX43.6° NE · 184 mi away
• Irving, TX43.4° NE · 186 mi away
• Fort Worth, TX43.1° NE · 188 mi away

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