Compass direction

128 compass directions

The table below shows how each of the 128 directions are named. The first two columns give the number of points and degrees clockwise from north. The third gives the equivalent bearing to the nearest degree from north or south towards east or west. The "CW" column gives the fractional-point bearings increasing in the clockwise direction and "CCW" counterclockwise. The final three columns show three common naming conventions: No "by" avoids the use of "by" with fractional points, U.S. Navy increases counterclockwise from a cardinal directly to the previous direction and clockwise elsewhere, and Royal Navy is the same but also uses counterclockwise from S to SbE to SSE and N to NbW to NNW. Colour coding shows whether each of the three naming systems matches the "CW" or "CCW" column.