How long is 6 seconds?

Put simply, six seconds is equal to 6,000 milliseconds or 6,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 6 seconds is equal to 0.1 minutes, or 0.0017 hours, or 0.000069 days.

Here's a closer look at what 6 seconds equals:

0.000009 weeks
0.000069 days
0.0017 hours
0.1 minutes
6,000 milliseconds
6,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 1,117,692 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 111 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 2,400 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 6,690 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 6,750 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 12 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 9 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)