Light Travel Time
Light is the fastest thing there is (299,792 km every second), and space is still so big that light runs late everywhere.
| From / to | Distance | Light takes |
|---|---|---|
| The Moon | 384,400 km | 1.3 seconds |
| Mars (average) | 225.0 million km | 12.5 minutes |
| Venus (average) | 170.0 million km | 9.5 minutes |
| Jupiter (average) | 778.0 million km | 43.3 minutes |
| Saturn (average) | 1.43 billion km | 79.5 minutes |
| Pluto (average) | 5.90 billion km | 5.5 hours |
| Proxima Centauri | 40.17 trillion km | 4.2 years |
| TRAPPIST-1 | 385.05 trillion km | 40.7 years |
| The galactic center | 245,978.20 trillion km | 25,999.9 years |
| The Andromeda Galaxy | 23,651,750.00 trillion km | 2,499,991.9 years |
Light takes: 1.3 seconds