How long is 16 seconds?

Put simply, sixteen seconds is equal to 16,000 milliseconds or 16,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 16 seconds is equal to 0.27 minutes, or 0.0044 hours, or 0.00019 days.

Here's a closer look at what 16 seconds equals:

0.000026 weeks
0.00019 days
0.0044 hours
0.27 minutes
16,000 milliseconds
16,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 2,980,512 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 296 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 6,400 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 17,840 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 18,000 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 32 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 23 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)
Switching a light on and off 5 times (each switch takes 3 seconds)