How long is 8 minutes?

Put simply, eight minutes equals 480 seconds, or 480,000 milliseconds or 480,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 8 minutes is equal to 0.0056 hours, or about 0.00079 weeks.

Here's a closer look at what 8 minutes equals:

0.00079 weeks
0.0056 days
0.13 hours
480 seconds
480,000 milliseconds
480,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 89,415,360 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
A supersonic jet flying 535,200 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 540,000 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Typing 160 words (about 20 words per minute)
Drinking 48 glasses of water (each glass takes about 10 seconds to drink)
Brushing your teeth quickly 4 times (each stroke takes 2 to 3 minutes)
Walking 3,520 feet (walking speed is about 3 miles per hour)
A common snail crawling 0.88 feet (crawls at 0.11 feet per minute)
Reading 12 pages of a book (about 1.5 minutes per page)
Listening to 24 songs (each song is about 3 minutes)
Your heart beating 600 times (normal rate is 75 beats per minute)