EVERYDAY
Length
Distance, height, thickness and astronomical length.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Resultly → ftConvert light-year to foot
EVERYDAY · ENGINEERING · SCIENCE
Unit conversion. Made clear.
Start with a familiar unit, type a value, and get a dependable answer with sensible precision. Fractions and scientific notation are welcome.
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HOW IT IS CALCULATED
Convert through metre
Enter a light-year value to calculate foot with full internal precision before display rounding.
Display precisionAuto · 12 significant digits
Auto keeps up to 12 significant digits, trims unnecessary zeroes, and switches to scientific notation for extreme magnitudes.
QUICK REFERENCE
All units in this quantity
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| quectometrefrom ly | qm | Interactive |
| rontometrefrom ly | rm | Interactive |
| yoctometrefrom ly | ym | Interactive |
| zeptometrefrom ly | zm | Interactive |
| attometrefrom ly | am | Interactive |
| femtometrefrom ly | fm | Interactive |
| picometrefrom ly | pm | Interactive |
| nanometrefrom ly | nm | Interactive |
| ångströmfrom ly | Å | Interactive |
| micrometrefrom ly | µm | Interactive |
| millimetrefrom ly | mm | Interactive |
| centimetrefrom ly | cm | Interactive |
| decimetrefrom ly | dm | Interactive |
| metrefrom ly | m | Interactive |
| decametrefrom ly | dam | Interactive |
| hectometrefrom ly | hm | Interactive |
| kilometrefrom ly | km | Interactive |
| megametrefrom ly | Mm | Interactive |
| gigametrefrom ly | Gm | Interactive |
| terametrefrom ly | Tm | Interactive |
| petametrefrom ly | Pm | Interactive |
| exametrefrom ly | Em | Interactive |
| zettametrefrom ly | Zm | Interactive |
| yottametrefrom ly | Ym | Interactive |
| ronnametrefrom ly | Rm | Interactive |
| quettametrefrom ly | Qm | Interactive |
| thou / milfrom ly | mil | Interactive |
| inchfrom ly | in | Interactive |
| footfrom ly | ft | Interactive |
| yardfrom ly | yd | Interactive |
| chainfrom ly | ch | Interactive |
| furlongfrom ly | fur | Interactive |
| international milefrom ly | mi | Interactive |
| nautical milefrom ly | nmi | Interactive |
| U.S. survey footfrom ly | ftUS | Interactive |
| typographic pointfrom ly | pt | Interactive |
| astronomical unitfrom ly | au | Interactive |
| light-secondfrom ly | ls | Interactive |
| light-yearfrom ly | ly | Interactive |
| parsecfrom ly | pc | Interactive |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.