Miles to Light Years Converter
CommonMeters, feet, miles and other distances.
How to convert Miles to Light Years
Multiply the miles value by 1.701e-13: 1 mi = 1.701e-13 ly. Going the other way, 1 ly = 5.8788e+12 mi, so divide by 1.701e-13 or use the Light Years to Miles converter.
About these units
Miles (mi)
A statute mile is 5,280 feet, defined as exactly 1,609.344 meters. It is the road-distance unit in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Light Years (ly)
A light-year is the distance light travels through a vacuum in one Julian year, about 9.461 trillion kilometers. Despite the name it measures distance, not time, and is used for stars and galaxies.
Miles to Light Years conversion table
| Miles (mi) | Light Years (ly) |
|---|---|
| 1 mi | 1.701e-13 ly |
| 2 mi | 3.4021e-13 ly |
| 3 mi | 5.1031e-13 ly |
| 4 mi | 6.8041e-13 ly |
| 5 mi | 8.5051e-13 ly |
| 10 mi | 1.701e-12 ly |
| 20 mi | 3.4021e-12 ly |
| 25 mi | 4.2526e-12 ly |
| 50 mi | 8.5051e-12 ly |
| 100 mi | 1.701e-11 ly |
| 500 mi | 8.5051e-11 ly |
| 1,000 mi | 1.701e-10 ly |
More miles conversions
- Miles to Feet1 mi = 5,279.99 ft
- Miles to Inches1 mi = 63,359.8 in
- Miles to Yards1 mi = 1,760 yd
- Miles to Nautical Miles1 mi = 0.868974 nmi
- Miles to Fathoms1 mi = 879.998 fth
- Miles to Furlongs1 mi = 7.99998 fur
- Miles to Chains1 mi = 79.9998 ch
- Miles to Meters1 mi = 1,609.34 m
See every unit on the Length Converter.