the earth is 8.3 light minutes away from sun what does this mean? Share with your friends Share 0 Parth Seth answered this the earth 100 times far away from sun 0 View Full Answer Abhinav Anand answered this it means that the sunlight from the sun reaches to the earth in 8.3 minute.... 2 Suyash Kumar answered this It means that the light from the sun takes 8.3 minutes to reach the earth. Hope that this helps you. 0 Khushdeep Singh answered this hi! distance between sun and earth is 150 million km. 0 Ojasvee Saraf answered this It means that the sunlight we receive is produced by the sun about 8.3 mins ago 2