Happy Aphelion Day: Earth is farthest from the Sun today - WRAL News

Earth is at aphelion, the furthest point from the Sun in its not-quite-circular orbit, on July 4, 2022. On January 4 we'll be 3.1 million miles closer at perihelion.

By Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador As temperatures rise into the 90s, you might guess that Earth is closer to the Sun now than during the winter months, but the opposite is true. Earth is at aphelion, t… [+2339 chars]

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