Qibla Direction in Omaha, Nebraska

How to face the Qibla in Omaha

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 40.3° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 42.3° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 2.0° 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 Omaha points northeast

From Omaha, in the middle of the continent, the Kaaba is 7,262 miles away, and on a Mercator map the straight line to it points 100°, east. Following the curve of the earth instead, the great circle leaves Omaha at 42.3°, heads up over the North Atlantic to about 60° N, and only then bends south toward Arabia. That great-circle bearing, northeast, is the one the finder gives.

Nearby cities

• Kansas City, MO43.8° NE · 165 mi away
• Minneapolis, MN43.8° NE · 290 mi away
• Saint Paul, MN44.0° NE · 293 mi away
• St. Cloud, MN43.0° NE · 310 mi away
• St. Louis, MO47.2° NE · 354 mi away

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