Degree/Minute/Second Conversion

Convert Decimal Degrees to Degree/Minute/Second

  1. The whole units of degrees will remain the same (-121.135° longitude, keep 121°).

  2. Multiply the decimal by 60 (.135 * 60 = 8.1).

  3. The whole number becomes the minutes (8').

  4. The remaining decimal is multiplied by 60 (.1 * 60 = 6) and becomes the seconds (6").

  5. Take your three sets of numbers and put them together, using the symbols for degrees (°), minutes (’r;), and seconds (") 121°8'6" longitude.

-121.135° longitude in Decimal Degrees = W121°8'6" longitude in Degree/Minute/Second