Earth closest to sun on January 2-3

Tonight – January 2, 2019, according to clocks in the Americas – we reach Earth’s closest point to the sun for this entire year. That closest point comes at 11:20 p.m. CST (central U.S.) on January 2. It’ll be the morning of January 3 for Europe and Africa … later in the day January 3 for the rest of the world (January 3 at 05:20 UTC; translate to your time zone). Astronomers call this special point in our orbit perihelion, from the Greek roots peri meaning near and helios meaning sun.
Read more: https://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-comes-closest-to-sun-every-year-in-early-january?source=Snapzu