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About how long does sunlight take to travel from the Sun to Earth?

Today · 2026-10-01 UTC

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The Sun is about 150 million km (93 million miles) away. Light covers that gap in roughly 8 minutes 20 seconds, so every sunrise you see is already a little out of date.

Correct answer: About 8 minutes 20 seconds

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