Did you know that Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun about two weeks after the December

[elleng]

solstice? It happens on January 4, 2022! We call this point in Earth’s orbit around the Sun “perihelion.” Interestingly, we’re closest to our fiery star in the winter and farthest away in the hot summer. Learn all about perihelion and aphelion!

https://www.almanac.com/content/what-aphelion-and-perihelion?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. We're just about at the latest sunrise of the year too. NT

[elleng]

2. Right! 7:24 today, 7:23 Monday, 7:22 Friday.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I can already feel the warmth.

Not.

[elleng]

6. LOLOLOL!

30 °F FEELS LIKE 27 °F

[Delmette2.0]

4. That's winter for the Northern hemisphere.

Summer for the Southern hemisphere.

[Metaphorical]

5. Yup

The difference is pretty slight between perihelion and aphelion, about 0.01 AU, so the temperature differential isn't all that significant. The southern hemisphere does receive more sunlight, perhaps 0.5% more, but because the hemisphere is about 40% ocean (which has a very low albedo), the seas absorb most of it, keeping the temperatures of the two roughly the same.

[Effete Snob]

7. No, but wake me up when we get to my stop

Because I keep going around and need to get off

[elleng]

8. ;-)