How long is 8 seconds?

Put simply, eight seconds is equal to 8,000 milliseconds or 8,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 8 seconds is equal to 0.13 minutes, or 0.0022 hours, or 0.000092 days.

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

0.000013 weeks
0.000092 days
0.0022 hours
0.13 minutes
8,000 milliseconds
8,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 1,490,256 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 148 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 3,200 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 8,920 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 9,000 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 16 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 11 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)
Switching a light on and off 3 times (each switch takes 3 seconds)