How long does it take mars to axis? It takes any planet one day to rotate on its axis. A Martian day is only slightly longer than an Earth day: 24 hrs. 39 mins. 35 secs.
2. Divide the number of seconds by 60 to convert seconds to minutes. Every 60 seconds a full minute has passed. Dividing a number tells you how many times one number fits in the other.
Seconds in a day calculation. One day has 24 hours, one hour has 60 minutes and one minute has 60 seconds, so: 1 day = (24 hours/day) Ã (60 minutes/hour) Ã (60 seconds/minute) = 86400 seconds/day. Seconds in hour.