Yes today is Earth’s perihelion. That means we are as close to the Sun in our orbit as we are going to get this year. How far is that? Glad you asked: 147,100,176 km / 91,403,812 miles. Perihelion occurs (or occurred) at 22:49 UTC / 17:49 EST.
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