Earth is closest to the sun every year in early ______________, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early __________________, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.

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January – July. Earth is closest to the sun (perihelion) in early January. It is farthest away (aphelion) in early July.

Earth is closest to the sun every year in early , when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early ____, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.

Earth is closest to the sun every year in early , when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early ____, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.