The difference between the two is substantial: three million miles. At perihelion, our planet is 91.4 million miles from the sun. At aphelion, it is 94.5 million miles away.

Tuesday marks "Perihelion Day" for all Earthlings, the day in 2024 when our planet is closest to the Sun. On the second day of this new year, Earth reaches its nearest point in orbit around the ...

Derived from the Greek words "apo," meaning away, and "helios," meaning Sun, aphelion brings Earth 3.1 million miles further than perihelion in January.

This will occur July 6 at 4:06 p.m., when the distance between the sun and earth will be 94.5 million miles, which is a 3.1 million mile difference compared to the perihelion.

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

Well, it is warm — if you go south of the equator. The difference between the perihelion distance and aphelion distance is only about 3%. (Our graphic, obviously, is not to scale.) ...

That point, also known as aphelion, occurs at 6:27 pm EDT tonight when the Earth is over 94.5 million miles (15,2098,463 km or 94,510,888 miles to be exact) from the Sun.

Perihelion and Aphelion Again, because of the tilt of the Earth, July is normally one of the warmest months despite the further distance from the sun. So we start the year the closest to the sun ...

An object's closest approach to the Sun is called perihelion, and the farthest distance is aphelion. During the first week of January, Earth is at it's perihelion and is 91.4 million miles away.