Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS) Calculator

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Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS)
47° 23' 31.20"

The angle expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds (D° M' S")

Decimal Degrees (DD)47.392°
Degrees-Decimal-Minutes (DMM)47° 23.5200'
Total Minutes2,843.52'
Total Seconds170,611.2"
Degrees part47
Minutes part23
Seconds part31.2
Degrees47
Minutes23
Seconds31.2

47.392000° in decimal degrees converts to 47° 23' 31.20".

  • In DMS notation this angle is 47° 23' 31.20".
  • The same angle spans 2843.5200 arc-minutes or 170611.20 arc-seconds in total.
  • The degrees component makes up the bulk of the angle; the minutes and seconds fine-tune the precision to 5.86 arc-seconds per million.
  • DMS format is the standard for GPS coordinates, nautical charts, and astronomy catalogs.

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