Today:
Throughout the year, the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies. Today at 1:30 PM EDT, the earth will reach its maximum distance from the Sun, a distance of 94,502,962 miles. This is called aphelion. The opposite, the earth’s minimum distance from the Sun, is called perihelion, and will next occur on January 2, 2027.
Tuesday:
Today is the “seventh day of the seventh Moon” – moons being months – and is the traditional day for cultures in the Far East to celebrate the story of the Goddess of Weaving and the Handsome Farmer, more familiar to us as the Summer Triangle, directly overhead shortly around 1:30 AM EDT.
Wednesday:
At around 12:20 AM, the Moon will rise in the east-southeast, within Pisces. By 12:40 Saturn will also have risen, doing so closer to due east. Whereas a few night before, Saturn was chasing the Moon across the southern sky during the wee hours, now their roles have reversed. But Saturn will still get obscured by the early twilight at around 5 AM, while the Moon remains visible before setting in the west-southwest, a little after 2 PM.