Sextant (sextant)

A sextant angle is 1/6 of a circle or 60°. Named after the navigation instrument that measures angles up to 60° (later extended to 120°). Sextants measure the angle between celestial objects and the horizon for determining latitude and longitude at sea.

Convert From Sextants

Sextant to Degree Sextant to Radian Sextant to Gradian Sextant to Turn Sextant to Arcminute Sextant to Arcsecond Sextant to Milliarcsecond Sextant to Milliradian Sextant to Compass Point Sextant to Quadrant Sextant to Sign

Convert To Sextants

Degree to Sextant Radian to Sextant Gradian to Sextant Turn to Sextant Arcminute to Sextant Arcsecond to Sextant Milliarcsecond to Sextant Milliradian to Sextant Compass Point to Sextant Quadrant to Sextant Sign to Sextant

Conversion Factors

1 sextant 60 °

1 sextant 1.0471975512 rad

1 sextant 66.666666667 grad

1 sextant 0.1666666667 turn

1 sextant 3599.9999999 ′

1 sextant 215999.99983 ″

1 sextant 215999827.2 mas

1 sextant 1047.1975512 mrad

1 sextant 5.3333333333 point

1 sextant 0.6666666667 quadrant

1 sextant 2 sign

Related Units

Degree (°) Radian (rad) Gradian (grad) Turn (turn) Arcminute (′) Arcsecond (″) Milliarcsecond (mas) Milliradian (mrad) Compass Point (point) Quadrant (quadrant) Sign (sign)