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To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 106 seconds and 107 seconds (approximately 11.6 days and 116 days). A megasecond is one million seconds. See also times of other orders of magnitude.
- shorter times
- 14 days – a fortnight
- 27.3217 days – sidereal month
- 28 days – length of February in non-leap years
- 29 days – length of February in a leap year
- 29.53059 days – mean synodic month
- 30 days – length of the months April, June, September, and November
- 30.436875 days – mean length of a Gregorian calendar month
- 31 days – length of the months January, March, May, July, August, October, and December
- 87 days 23.3 hours – one orbit of Mercury
- 90 days – approximate length of a quarter year, a common corporate and financial reporting interval
- 95 days - length of Napoleon's attempt at regaining power, known as the Hundred Days
- 100 days - approximate length of the Rwandan genocide
[edit] Half lives
- 1.38×106 seconds = 15.9735 days – half life of vanadium-48
- 1.54×106 seconds = 17.81 days – half life of californium-253
- 2.39×106 seconds = 27.7025 days – half life of chromium-51
- 4.45×106 seconds = 51.5 days – half life of mendelevium-258
- 5.23×106 seconds = 60.5 days – half life of californium-254
- 6.68×106 seconds = 77.27 days – half life of cobalt-56
- 7.24×106 seconds = 83.79 days – half life of scandium-46
- 7.54×106 seconds = 87.32 days – half life of sulfur-35
- 8.04×106 seconds = 93.1 days – half life of thulium-168
- 8.68×106 seconds = 100.5 days – half life of fermium-257
