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How Long Does Sunlight Take to Reach Earth?
Approximately how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
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How long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to travel the roughly 150 million kilometres from the Sun to Earth.
What is the answer to this sunlight quiz question?
The answer is about 8 minutes, so the sunlight hitting you right now actually left the Sun roughly 8 minutes ago.
Why do we say the Sun we see is 8 minutes old?
Because light isn't instant. It travels at about 300,000 km per second, so the Sun's light needs around 8 minutes to cross the distance to Earth.