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Perihelion 1/2/16 — as close as we get until the sun swells to engulf the earth

The Sky This Week, 2015 December 29 – 2016 January 5 — Naval Oceanography Portal

January 2nd marks the date of Earth’s perihelion, its closest distance to the Sun. On this date we’ll be a mere 147 million kilometers (91.4 million miles) from the fierce surface of the “day star”.

The Sky This Week, 2015 December 29 – 2016 January 5 — Naval Oceanography Portal