Question

The minimum distance between the sun and the earth occurs on which day ?

Answer 1

The day is on 3rd or 4th January, it is known as the perihelion. That day, the distance between earth and sun is approximately 148 km apart.

Answer 2

ANSWER:

Around 3rd January each year .

EXPLANATION:

   The Earth is nearest/closest to the Sun or at its perihelion, around two weeks following the December Solstice (21st -2nd December and occurs when the Sun reaches its southerly direction or when North Pole (NP) is tilted farthest from the Sun), when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

   The perihelion is the point in the path/orbit of a comet, planet, or an asteroid that is closest/nearest to the Sun. Earth is around 147.1 M-Kms (or 91.4 M-miles) from the Sun at perihelion around January 3 each year.

   When the Earth is nearest/closest to the Sun, it is summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the northern hemisphere.