Happy Aphelion! Earth Is Farthest from the Sun Today

Monday, July 3, 2017 - 06:32 in Astronomy & Space

The moment of greatest separation, known as aphelion, comes at 4:11 p.m. EDT (2011 GMT) today (July 3), when Earth and the sun will be 94,505,901 miles (152,092,505 kilometers) apart.

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