What is Perihelion Day Earth will be closest to the Sun today

What is Perihelion Day: Do you know about Perihelion Day? Perihelion day of the year 2024 is today on January 3. On this day the Earth is closest to the Sun. According to NDTV report, there is no fixed day of perihelion. Perihelion day usually occurs in early January, about two weeks after the December solstice. Similarly, there is also aphelion day, which usually occurs in July, when the Earth is farthest from the Sun. On the day of perihelion, the Earth is approximately 3 million miles closer to the Sun than on the day of aphelion.

These days are not fixed because the Earth does not make a perfect circle while revolving around the Sun. She moves on an oval path. Talking about perihelion day, the Earth will be approximately 91.4 million miles away from the Sun. Today the sunlight on Earth is 7 percent more intense.

Interesting thing is that during this month many areas of the world including India are in the grip of severe cold. Space.com reports that the word perihelion is from Greek. Peri means around and Helios means sun.

Talking about other news related to the Sun, the largest star of our solar system is going through the period of 'Solar Maximum'. Because of this it has become very aggressive. Due to sunspots emerging in the Sun, incidents of solar flares and coronal mass ejections are happening on Earth which will continue till the year 2025.