How many miles is a day's journey?

The distance of a day's journey, which entails certain legal rulings such as shortening prayers, is estimated by the distance a laden camel travels at a moderate pace. Scholars have differed in determining it, with most of them concluding that it is a journey of one day and one night, or two days, by a laden camel. This distance is estimated to be approximately 83 kilometers. Accordingly, a day's journey is estimated to be more than forty kilometers, approximately.