Degree to Minute Converter

Degree

A degree (also known as, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle. One full rotation in such a plane is 360 degrees. Because a full rotation equals 2π radians, one degree is equivalent to π/180 radians. In the degrees-minutes-seconds (DMS) notation, one degree is divided into 60 minutes (of arc), and one minute into 60 seconds (of arc).

Minute

A minute of arc or arcminute (arcmin), denoted by the symbol ′, is a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/60 of one degree. Since one degree is 1/360 of a turn (or complete rotation), one minute of arc is 1/21600 of a turn. The nautical mile (nmi) was originally defined as the arc length of a minute of latitude on a spherical Earth, so the actual Earth circumference is very near 21600 nmi. A minute of arc is π/10800 of a radian.

Degrees To Minutes Table