Space.com
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
July 3, 2017 07:00am ET
Earth gets farther from the sun today (July 3) than it does at any other point during the year.
The moment of greatest separation, known as aphelion, comes at 4:11 p.m. EDT (2011 GMT) today, when Earth and the sun will be 94,505,901 miles (152,092,505 kilometers) apart.
On average, Earth lies 92,955,807 miles (149,597,870 km) from its star, a distance that has been designated 1 astronomical unit (AU). But the actual separation between the duo varies a bit over time, because Earth's orbital path is not perfectly circular.
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