How long is 42 seconds?

Put simply, forty two seconds is equal to 42,000 milliseconds or 42,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 42 seconds is equal to 0.7 minutes, or 0.01 hours, or 0.00049 days.

Here's a closer look at what 42 seconds equals:

0.000069 weeks
0.00049 days
0.01 hours
0.7 minutes
42,000 milliseconds
42,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 7,823,844 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 777 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 16,800 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 46,830 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 47,250 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 84 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 60 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)
Switching a light on and off 14 times (each switch takes 3 seconds)