How much time it takes for moonlight to reach the earth's surface?

 Light travels through space at a speed of $186,000\ miles\ per\ second$ $(or,3\times {10^8}m/s)$. The moon is just under $250,000\ miles$ from the Earth, so the light from the Moon's surface or the moonlight has to travel more than one second, approximately $1.26\ seconds$ to reach Earth's surface.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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