Earth will reach its closest point to the Sun for 2022 on January 4, at 6:52 UTC (1:52 a.m. EST). Astronomers call this celebrated point in Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun perihelion from the Greek roots peri meaning near and Helios meaning Sun. Perihelion is also when the Earth is moving the fastest in its orbit around the Sun. At its closest point, Earth swings to within 91,400,000 miles (147,094,042 km) of the Sun. That’s in contrast to six months from now, when the Earth reaches aphelion – its most distant point – on July 5, 2022. Then we’ll be 94,500,000 miles (152,083,008 km) from the Sun. In other words, Earth is roughly 3 million miles (5 million km) closer to the sun in early January than it is in early July.
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