From where ? ? ?
From the sun: 12min 40sec
From the earth when Mars is closest: 4min 21sec
From the earth when Mars is farthest: 20min 59sec
For sunlight to reach the Earth's Surface is about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
It takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth.
Earth to moon . . . 1.28 seconds Sun to earth . . . 8 minutes 19 seconds
"What is Light, Alex?"Light takes 8 minutes 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.
An average of 8 minutes 20 seconds.
It takes approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to travel from the sun to the Earth at the speed of light.
Light from the sun takes roughly 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel to Earth.
Earth's distance from the Sun varies between about 147 and 152 million kilometers. Given the speed of light as 299,792,458 m/sec and the Sun's radius of 696,000 km, this makes the time taken for the journey (from the Sun's surface to the Earth's) between 8.14 and 8.42 minutes. On an average, it is about 8.28 minutes or 8 minutes and 17 seconds.
Light from the sun travels to Earth through the vacuum of space as electromagnetic radiation. This radiation consists of photons, which are particles of light that travel in straight lines at the speed of light. The light reaches Earth in about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
The Earth is (on average) 93 million miles from the Sun, and light travels at 186,000 miles per second. It's a curious coincidence tha the math on this says that light travels from the Sun to the Earth in a nice, round, 500 seconds. This is equal to 8 minutes 20 seconds.
About 8 minutes 20 seconds at a distance of 93 million miles.
It takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.