Earth Perihelions and Aphelions Calculator For Any Year within the 600-Year Period From 1600 to 2200 Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model
Gregorian Calendar Year (1600  to  2200)	Time Zone Offset Neg | Pos  =  W | E UT
Double-Click to Select ALL Text EARTH PERIHELION AND APHELION DATES, TIMES, DISTANCES AND SOLAR COORDINATES Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model and The NASA Polynomial expressions for Delta T For the Year 2026 in Time Zone UT+00:00 ****************************************************************************** PERIHELION - Earth at minimum orbital distance from SUN at 0.983302057 AU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julian Date Calendar Date Time JD Number ------------------- --------------- ----------- --------- 2461044.21906478 LT Local Date/Time 2026 Jan 03 Sat 17:15:27 LT 2461044 +0.00000000 TZ Time Zone +00:00:00 TZ 2461044.21906478 UT Universal Time 2026 Jan 03 Sat 17:15:27 UT 2461044 +0.00086806 DT NASA Delta T +00:01:15 DT 2461044.21993284 TT Terrestrial Time 2026 Jan 03 Sat 17:16:42 TT 2461044 ---------------------------------------------------- Geocentric Coordinates at Moment of Earth Perihelion True Equator and Equinox of Date Distance Right Ascension Declination Light Time --------------- --------------- -------------- 18.9660010 h -22.769546° 0.983302057 AU 18h 57m 57.60s -22° 46' 10.37" 147,099,894 km 284.4900150° 91,403,637 mi 284° 29' 24.05" 08m 10.672 s ---------------------------------------------------- From this perihelion ... ... there are 184.01039359 days (184d 00h 14m 58s) until the following aphelion and there are 364.38645054 days (364d 09h 16m 29s) until the next perihelion. ****************************************************************************** APHELION - Earth at maximum orbital distance from SUN at 1.016643978 AU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julian Date Calendar Date Time JD Number ------------------- --------------- ----------- --------- 2461228.22945837 LT Local Date/Time 2026 Jul 06 Mon 17:30:25 LT 2461228 +0.00000000 TZ Time Zone +00:00:00 TZ 2461228.22945837 UT Universal Time 2026 Jul 06 Mon 17:30:25 UT 2461228 +0.00086806 DT NASA Delta T +00:01:15 DT 2461228.23032643 TT Terrestrial Time 2026 Jul 06 Mon 17:31:40 TT 2461228 ---------------------------------------------------- Geocentric Coordinates at Moment of Earth Aphelion True Equator and Equinox of Date Distance Right Ascension Declination Light Time --------------- --------------- -------------- 07.0612797 h +22.631354° 1.016643978 AU 07h 03m 40.61s +22° 37' 52.87" 152,087,774 km 105.9191955° 94,502,962 mi 105° 55' 09.10" 08m 27.310 s ---------------------------------------------------- From this aphelion ... ... there are 180.37605695 days (180d 09h 01m 31s) until the following perihelion and there are 363.48304944 days (363d 11h 35m 35s) until the next aphelion.
Program by Jay Tanner Revised: Thursday, January 01, 1970 at 12:00 AM UTC
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