convertimate Solid angle

Square degrees to square arcminutes

Type a value in deg² to get it in arcmin² instantly.

3,600arcmin²

That's 4.8× as wide as the full Moon, while a torch beam is 657× wider. That covers about 0.002424% of everything around you.

What it means

How wide is that?

A solid angle describes a cone of directions, not an area. The same solid angle covers more surface the further out you go.

The math

How to convert deg² to arcmin²

To convert square degrees to square arcminutes, multiply by 3,600.

Example: 1 deg² × 3,600 = 3,600 arcmin².

In the other direction, 1 arcmin² = 0.000277778 deg².

Every unit

Your solid angle in every unit

Tables

deg² to arcmin² conversion table

deg² to arcmin² conversion table
deg²arcmin²
0.001 deg²3.6 arcmin²
0.01 deg²36 arcmin²
0.1 deg²360 arcmin²
0.5 deg²1,800 arcmin²
1 deg²3,600 arcmin²
2 deg²7,200 arcmin²
3.14 deg²11,304 arcmin²
6.28 deg²22,608 arcmin²
9.42 deg²33,912 arcmin²
12.566 deg²45,237.6 arcmin²
arcmin² to deg² conversion table
arcmin² to deg² conversion table
arcmin²deg²
0.001 arcmin²2.778×10⁻⁷ deg²
0.01 arcmin²2.778×10⁻⁶ deg²
0.1 arcmin²2.778×10⁻⁵ deg²
0.5 arcmin²0.000138889 deg²
1 arcmin²0.000277778 deg²
2 arcmin²0.000555556 deg²
3.14 arcmin²0.000872222 deg²
6.28 arcmin²0.00174444 deg²
9.42 arcmin²0.00261667 deg²
12.566 arcmin²0.00349056 deg²

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many arcmin² is 1 deg²?
1 deg² is 3,600 arcmin².
How many arcmin² is 10 deg²?
10 deg² is 36,000 arcmin².

The units

About these units

Square degrees (deg²)

How sky surveys report their coverage. The sky is 41,253 of them.

Square arcminutes (arcmin²)

For small patches of sky and telescope fields.

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