When Is The Earth The Closest To The Sun Jun 2026
🌎💨 Bonus fact: Because we are closer, Earth is currently moving through space at its fastest speed of the year
Earth does not orbit the Sun in a perfect circle. Instead, our path is an —a slightly stretched-out oval. This shape is caused by the gravitational influence of other celestial bodies in the solar system, which "tugs" on Earth’s path. Earth at perihelion – closest to sun – on January 3 when is the earth the closest to the sun