How much time does the sunlight take to reach on the earth?

Sunlight travels at the speed of light (3x10⁸m/s). Photons emitted from the surface of the Sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes.

It takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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