Reference table

Angle: degrees, radians and gon

Mathematics and physics work in radians, everyday use and engineering in degrees, surveying in gon. The table shows the same angle in every unit.

Angle: degrees, radians and gon
°radgonturn
10.01745329 rad1.11111111 gon0.00277778 turn
150.26179939 rad16.66666667 gon0.04166667 turn
300.52359878 rad33.33333333 gon0.08333333 turn
450.78539816 rad50 gon0.125 turn
901.57079633 rad100 gon0.25 turn
1803.14159265 rad200 gon0.5 turn
2704.71238898 rad300 gon0.75 turn
3606.28318531 rad400 gon1 turn

A full turn is 360° = 2π rad = 400 gon = 1 turn. The radian is dimensionless because it is a ratio of lengths, which is why formulas often state angles without a unit. Gon is used mainly in surveying, where 100 gon make a right angle.

Sources

BIPM SI BrochureSI base units, prefixes and official SI context.NIST Guide to SI Appendix BNIST conversion-factor method and non-SI factors.

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