∠Angle Converter - Degrees, Radians, DMS & Unit Circle
Enter an angle, choose its unit — degrees, radians, degrees-minutes-seconds, gradians (gon) or turns — and see it in every other unit at once. Any angle that is a rational number of degrees is converted exactly with fractions: 30° becomes π/6, 135° becomes 3π/4, 12.5° becomes 5π/72 and DMS reads 30° 15′ 30″, instead of a bare 0.5235987756. Radians can be typed as pi/6, 3π/4 or 2pi. You also get the coterminal angle in [0°, 360°) and in (−180°, 180°], the quadrant (or the axis the angle lies on), the reference angle, a list of coterminal angles and the general form θ + k·360°. The interactive unit circle lets you drag the point around (with optional snapping to multiples of 15°), draws cos, sin and tan as segments, and gives exact values for multiples of 15° and 18°, such as sin 15° = (√6 − √2)/4.
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How to use Angle Converter & Unit Circle
- 1Pick the input unit and type an angle, e.g. 30, -210, pi/6, 30°15′30″ or 1/8 (turn)
- 2Read the conversions, coterminal angles, quadrant and reference angle, and copy any value
- 3Drag the point on the unit circle to change the angle and see exact sin, cos and tan
FAQ
- How do I convert degrees to radians?
- Since 180° = π radians, multiply degrees by π/180 to get radians and multiply radians by 180/π to get degrees. So 30° = π/6, 135° = 3π/4 and 1 rad ≈ 57.2958°. The converter reduces the fraction exactly for whole, decimal and fractional degrees, and only falls back to decimals for angles like 1.2 rad that are not a rational multiple of π.
- How do degrees-minutes-seconds convert to decimal degrees?
- One degree is 60 minutes and one minute is 60 seconds, so decimal degrees = D + M/60 + S/3600. For example 30°15′30″ = 30 + 15/60 + 30/3600 = 30.258333…°. Going the other way, multiply the decimal part by 60 for minutes and the remaining fraction by 60 again for seconds. You can type 30°15′30″, 30 15 30 or 30d15m30s.
- What are coterminal and reference angles?
- Coterminal angles share the same terminal side and differ by whole turns: θ + k·360° (or θ + 2kπ), so −210°, 150° and 510° are coterminal. The reference angle is the acute angle between the terminal side and the x-axis: θ in quadrant I, 180° − θ in II, θ − 180° in III and 360° − θ in IV. A trig function of any angle equals the same function of its reference angle with the sign set by the quadrant.
- What are gradians and turns?
- Gradians (gon) split a full circle into 400 parts, so a right angle is 100 gon and 1 gon = 0.9°; they are used mainly in surveying. A turn is one full revolution, 360° or 2π, handy for rotation counts. Both convert exactly, e.g. 50 gon = 45° = π/4 and 1/8 turn = 45°.