There's 24 hours in a standard day. Each hour has 3600 seconds in it (60 minutes, each of 60 seconds, 60 * 60 = 3600).
So, that means light travels 3600 * 24 * 300 000 km in one 24-hour day, about 25920000000 km or 16105941302.792 miles.
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One nanosecond.
A light year is a measure of distance, not time. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. In one day light travels 16,081,407,123 miles.
47.124 inches (rounded)
The time it takes light to travel one centimetre.
A light-year is a measure of distance, not time as many people mistakenly believe. One light-year is the distance light can travel in one year in the vacuum of space. One light-year equates to 5.8785 trillion miles.