Convert 1 Light Year to Miles
How far is 1 light year? How long is 1 light year in miles? 1 ly to mi conversion.
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1 Light Year ≈
5,878,625,373,184 Miles
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Result in Plain English
1 light year is equal to about 5.88 trillion miles.
In Scientific Notation
1 light year
= 1 x 100 light years
≈ 5.87863 x 1012 miles
Light Years
A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. The year used by the International Astronomical Union is 365.25 days. A light year is defined as exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers.
Miles
A mile is a unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet or exactly 1.609344 kilometers. It is commonly used to measure the distance between places in the United States and United Kingdom.