![]() ![]() The latitude of Mecca’s northern most border is 21.592 degrees, and the latitude of Mecca’s southern-most border is 21.278 degrees. As noted above, the exact golden ratio point is 111.246…, or 21.246… degrees from the equator. The city of Mecca, however is over 20 kilometers from its northern border to its southern border. ![]() Update January 6, 2021: With comments provided by site visitors, I am providing this updated information on Mecca’s latitude: This is a variance of less about 1/10 of a percent, about 12 miles or 20 kilometers north of the exact golden ratio latitude point. This puts it only 10 minutes and 52.54 seconds north of the exact northern golden ratio latitude of the Earth. The latitude of Mecca, according to Google Earth, is 21 degrees, 25 minutes and 38.56 seconds. As latitudes are expressed in degrees and distance from the Equator, we subtract 90 degrees and convert this to a latitude of 21.246… degrees, or 21 degrees, 14 minutes and 46.02 seconds, North or South. There are 180 degrees between the North Pole and the South Pole, so 180 divided by Phi is 111.246…. ![]() January 6, 2021: When I wrote this article in March 2010, I wrote the following on Mecca’s latitude: See also his updated 2023 “Holy Mysteries” video with English subtitles and related article on Kaaba and Arafat. (See archived website or the 2009 video “Holy Mysteries” by Erdem Cetinkaya on Vimeo or YouTube. It has been claimed that the Golden Ratio of the Earth is in Mecca. Is there a Golden Ratio point of the Earth? ![]()
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