How are prayer times calculated for Newcastle?
Newcastle lies at a latitude of about 54.98°N, in Tyne and Wear. Because prayer times depend on the position of the sun at a given location, the timings here are calculated specifically for these coordinates rather than borrowed from another town.
Today the sun rises at 07:51 and Maghrib falls at 17:48, giving 9h 57m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:51) and Isha (currently 19:43) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Newcastle, the Qibla is faced towards the Kaaba in Makkah, which lies on a bearing of 120° from here, roughly to the south-east — a great-circle distance of about 5,071 km.
Prayer times in Newcastle are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Gateshead (3 km), Sunderland (17 km) and Darlington (51 km).