Tutorial M2 Distance from earth to the moon in light years?

Mean Distance from Earth: 3.844x10^8 m

Speed of Light (in a vaccum) 3x10^8 m/s T = D/V T = 3.844x10^8 m / 3x10^8 m/s T ~= 1.28 seconds Pleae note that the moon/earth distance varies, thus we used the mean in this equation.

How far is the sun from earth in light-years?

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The rough average distance between the sun and earth is around 93 million miles. That's equivalent to about 0.0000158 light-year. Light takes about 8 1/3 minutes to travel from the sun to the earth ... about 0.0000158 of a year. The average distance is about 1.58203628 10-5 light years. A little over 8 minutes. So, less than 1 light year. The sun is 93 million miles away, and light travels 186,000 miles per second, so light would cover that distance in 500 seconds, or about 8 minutes. One light year is about 5.9 trillion miles. The sun is about 8.5 light-minutes from Earth.