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Earth closest to sun on January 2, 2020 | Tonight – EarthSky
We reach our closest point to the sun for 2021 on January 2.
Cartoon above via Sara Zimmerman at Unearthed Comics.
Our planet Earth will reach its closest point to the sun for 2021 on January 2, at 13:51 UTC. In United States time zones, that’s January 2 at 8:51 a.m. Eastern Time, 7:51 a.m. Central Time, 6:51 a.m. Mountain Time, 5:51 a.m. Pacific Time, 4:51 a.m. Alaskan Time and 3:51 a.m. Hawaiian Time. Translate UTC to your time.
Astronomers call this celebrated point in Earth’s elliptical orbit around the sun perihelion, from the Greek roots peri mean…
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