Qibla direction › United States
Phoenix, United States · 13,225 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:16 PM in Phoenix) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 30° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Phoenix | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 481 km | 25° | 13,518 km |
| Los Angeles | 574 km | 24° | 13,424 km |
| Denver | 943 km | 35° | 12,296 km |
| San Jose | 989 km | 19° | 13,206 km |
| San Francisco | 1,051 km | 19° | 13,176 km |
| San Antonio | 1,363 km | 43° | 12,812 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 30° (north-northeast). With a phone, the Yaad-e-Namaz app's Qibla compass does this for you and corrects for the difference between magnetic and true north. Hold the phone flat and away from metal and magnets.
From Phoenix, the Qibla is 30° from true north (North-northeast). Makkah is about 13,225 km away.
From true north. A magnetic compass can be off by a few degrees depending on where you are; the Yaad-e-Namaz app corrects for this automatically.
