How long does it take Reflected sunlight to travel from the moon to Earth?

The light reflected from the surface of the Moon takes only a second to reach Earth. The Sun is more than 8 light-minutes away.

How long does it take the light from the sun to reach Earth?

499.0 seconds
Light travels at a speed of 299,792 kilometers per second; 186,287 miles per second. It takes 499.0 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth, a distance called 1 Astronomical Unit.

Why does it take 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth?

The sunlight we see and feel left the sun a little over 8 minutes ago, traveling at the speed of light. It’s because light travels at 186,000 miles per second and the sun is roughly 93 million miles away. Crunch the numbers and it comes out to a bit over 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to us.

How long does light from the moon?

about 1.3 seconds
Light travels at 300,000 kilometres per second, so it takes about 1.3 seconds for light to travel from the Moon back to the Earth. In other words, the Moon is 1.3 light-seconds away from the Earth.

Do we see the sun 8 minutes later?

It takes ~8 minutes to get to us; when it hits our eyes, we see it. This means that we see a photon that was emitted from the sun 8 minutes ago.

What color is the sun?

White
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When we direct solar rays through a prism, we see all the colors of the rainbow come out the other end. That’s to say we see all the colors that are visible to the human eye. “Therefore the sun is white,” because white is made up of all the colors, Baird said.

Can I take a trip to the Moon?

Lunar tourism may be possible in the future if trips to the Moon are made available to a private audience. Some space tourism startup companies are planning to offer tourism on or around the Moon, and estimate this to be possible sometime between 2023 and 2043.