Earth at Perihelion and Aphelion: 1501 to 1600
Greenwich Mean Time
Introduction
Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit with a mean eccentricity of 0.0167. As a result, Earth’s distance from the Sun (center-to-center) varies with mean values of 0.9832899 AU (147,098,074 km) at perihelion (closest) to 1.0167103 AU (152,097,701 km) at aphelion (most distant).
Due of the gravitational perturbation of the Moon (and to a much lesser extent the planets), Earth's actual distance at perihelion can vary from 0.9831914 AU (147,083,346 km) to 0.9833860 AU (147,112,452 km). This a range of 0.0001946 AU (29,106 km), which corresponds to about 2.28 times the 12,756 km equatorial diameter of Earth.
Similarly, the aphelion distance can vary from 1.0166125 AU (152,083,061 km) to 1.0168068 AU (152,112,126 km). This a range of 0.0001943 AU (29,065 km), also corresponding to about 2.28 times the 12,756 km equatorial diameter of Earth.
These extreme values of perihelion and aphelion were found over the 200-year period 1901 to 2100.
The table presented below gives the date and time (Greenwich Mean Time) of all perihelions and aphelions of Earth for the 16th Century (1501 to 1600). If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. For conversion to other time zones, see Time Zones and Universal Time.
The distances of perihelion and aphelion are given in Astronomical Units (AU), as well as the relative distance of each (in kilometers) with respect to their mean distances. Finally, the number of days elapsed between the current and previous perihelion is given. This interval ranges from 362.96 to 367.90 days during the 16th Century.
Earth at Perihelion and Aphelion: 1501 to 1550
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Date/Time of Distance Relative to Date/Time of Distance Relative to Perihelion
Perihelion Mean Per. Aphelion Mean Ap. Interval
1501 Dec 15 09:49 0.9831127 AU -26512 km Jun 16 22:44 1.0169587 AU 37162 km 365.00 days
1502 Dec 18 00:45 0.9830923 AU -29563 km Jun 16 10:12 1.0168919 AU 27165 km 367.62 days
1503 Dec 16 07:12 0.9830671 AU -33334 km Jun 18 21:11 1.0168981 AU 28089 km 363.27 days
1504 Dec 16 18:56 0.9831332 AU -23446 km Jun 15 21:30 1.0168962 AU 27809 km 365.49 days
1505 Dec 17 14:58 0.9830946 AU -29225 km Jun 17 06:35 1.0168665 AU 23364 km 366.83 days
1506 Dec 15 14:36 0.9830800 AU -31404 km Jun 18 02:10 1.0169492 AU 35743 km 362.98 days
1507 Dec 17 13:22 0.9831195 AU -25499 km Jun 16 04:52 1.0169111 AU 30039 km 366.95 days
1508 Dec 17 13:35 0.9830767 AU -31894 km Jun 18 01:58 1.0168878 AU 26548 km 365.01 days
1509 Dec 15 05:22 0.9830697 AU -32949 km Jun 17 06:16 1.0169714 AU 39067 km 363.66 days
1510 Dec 18 01:50 0.9830538 AU -35322 km Jun 16 02:04 1.0169297 AU 32827 km 367.85 days
1511 Dec 16 18:17 0.9830284 AU -39121 km Jun 18 23:42 1.0169307 AU 32967 km 363.69 days
1512 Dec 16 13:33 0.9831169 AU -25890 km Jun 16 08:05 1.0169411 AU 34527 km 364.80 days
1513 Dec 17 21:45 0.9830999 AU -28425 km Jun 17 01:39 1.0168842 AU 26016 km 367.34 days
1514 Dec 15 20:51 0.9830678 AU -33227 km Jun 18 14:08 1.0169310 AU 33015 km 362.96 days
1515 Dec 17 04:54 0.9831187 AU -25614 km Jun 16 11:44 1.0168850 AU 26133 km 366.34 days
1516 Dec 18 01:14 0.9830884 AU -30149 km Jun 17 18:31 1.0168454 AU 20204 km 365.85 days
1517 Dec 15 11:08 0.9830947 AU -29203 km Jun 17 14:23 1.0169433 AU 34856 km 363.41 days
1518 Dec 18 01:20 0.9831103 AU -26876 km Jun 17 14:23 1.0169433 AU 34856 km 367.59 days
1519 Dec 17 01:08 0.9830688 AU -33077 km Jun 16 01:04 1.0169212 AU 31554 km 363.99 days
1520 Dec 16 03:27 0.9831156 AU -26080 km Jun 19 01:44 1.0169076 AU 29515 km 364.10 days
1521 Dec 17 22:48 0.9830843 AU -30755 km Jun 16 17:26 1.0169343 AU 33511 km 367.81 days
1522 Dec 16 05:32 0.9830310 AU -38730 km Jun 16 13:25 1.0168906 AU 26980 km 363.28 days
1523 Dec 16 22:11 0.9831002 AU -28384 km Jun 18 18:23 1.0169374 AU 33968 km 365.69 days
1524 Dec 18 10:58 0.9830991 AU -28552 km Jun 16 17:27 1.0169216 AU 31615 km 366.53 days
1525 Dec 15 15:25 0.9830957 AU -29048 km Jun 17 09:37 1.0168671 AU 23463 km 363.19 days
1526 Dec 17 18:01 0.9831173 AU -25825 km Jun 18 02:35 1.0169469 AU 35391 km 367.11 days
1527 Dec 17 10:31 0.9830648 AU -33675 km Jun 16 06:34 1.0169141 AU 30486 km 364.69 days
1528 Dec 16 05:43 0.9831089 AU -27079 km Jun 19 01:17 1.0168726 AU 24276 km 363.80 days
1529 Dec 18 03:24 0.9831161 AU -26005 km Jun 17 02:05 1.0169136 AU 30416 km 367.90 days
1530 Dec 16 14:54 0.9830665 AU -33429 km Jun 16 05:20 1.0168864 AU 26345 km 363.48 days
1531 Dec 16 09:55 0.9831231 AU -24950 km Jun 18 22:36 1.0169197 AU 31327 km 364.79 days
1532 Dec 18 13:44 0.9831072 AU -27330 km Jun 17 02:39 1.0169183 AU 31123 km 367.16 days
1533 Dec 15 19:52 0.9830564 AU -34937 km Jun 16 22:06 1.0168586 AU 22189 km 363.26 days
1534 Dec 17 09:56 0.9830900 AU -29905 km Jun 18 09:58 1.0169419 AU 34652 km 366.59 days
1535 Dec 17 21:48 0.9830579 AU -34713 km Jun 16 09:36 1.0169374 AU 33974 km 365.49 days
1536 Dec 16 09:54 0.9831130 AU -26470 km Jun 18 18:31 1.0168864 AU 26352 km 363.50 days
1537 Dec 18 02:39 0.9831433 AU -21941 km Jun 17 13:23 1.0169292 AU 32748 km 367.70 days
1538 Dec 16 23:21 0.9830728 AU -32482 km Jun 16 07:33 1.0168891 AU 26747 km 363.86 days
1539 Dec 16 05:03 0.9831206 AU -25329 km Jun 19 03:00 1.0168860 AU 26291 km 364.24 days
1540 Dec 18 20:23 0.9831294 AU -24006 km Jun 17 11:47 1.0168873 AU 26479 km 367.64 days
1541 Dec 16 04:35 0.9830835 AU -30878 km Jun 16 09:12 1.0168364 AU 18866 km 363.34 days
1542 Dec 16 21:00 0.9831301 AU -23913 km Jun 18 14:39 1.0169202 AU 31400 km 365.68 days
1543 Dec 18 02:04 0.9830829 AU -30976 km Jun 16 15:18 1.0169414 AU 34572 km 366.21 days
1544 Dec 16 10:11 0.9830828 AU -30978 km Jun 18 07:23 1.0168838 AU 25949 km 363.34 days
1545 Dec 17 19:53 0.9830993 AU -28510 km Jun 17 22:07 1.0169356 AU 33709 km 367.40 days
1546 Dec 17 10:03 0.9830240 AU -39781 km Jun 16 07:54 1.0169210 AU 31522 km 364.59 days
1547 Dec 16 07:01 0.9830921 AU -29595 km Jun 19 00:32 1.0169099 AU 29862 km 363.87 days
1548 Dec 19 01:12 0.9831409 AU -22288 km Jun 17 22:20 1.0169212 AU 31544 km 367.76 days
1549 Dec 16 13:38 0.9830930 AU -29452 km Jun 16 07:37 1.0168606 AU 22488 km 363.52 days
1550 Dec 16 12:14 0.9831344 AU -23266 km Jun 19 00:14 1.0169020 AU 28677 km 364.94 days
Earth at Perihelion and Aphelion: 1551 to 1600
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Date/Time of Distance Relative to Date/Time of Distance Relative to Perihelion
Perihelion Mean Per. Aphelion Mean Ap. Interval
1551 Dec 18 10:30 0.9831030 AU -27970 km Jun 17 01:26 1.0169096 AU 29819 km 366.93 days
1552 Dec 16 19:16 0.9831052 AU -27639 km Jun 17 18:18 1.0168382 AU 19140 km 363.37 days
1553 Dec 17 12:53 0.9831526 AU -20537 km Jun 18 04:48 1.0168917 AU 27140 km 366.73 days
1554 Dec 17 17:13 0.9830807 AU -31294 km Jun 16 10:19 1.0169086 AU 29671 km 365.18 days
1555 Dec 16 03:34 0.9831055 AU -27588 km Jun 18 18:04 1.0168888 AU 26701 km 363.43 days
1556 Dec 18 18:41 0.9831358 AU -23049 km Jun 18 07:38 1.0169154 AU 30682 km 367.63 days
1557 Dec 16 21:33 0.9830481 AU -36178 km Jun 16 03:10 1.0168734 AU 24398 km 364.12 days
1558 Dec 16 08:06 0.9830872 AU -30325 km Jun 19 00:14 1.0169107 AU 29983 km 364.44 days
1559 Dec 18 17:47 0.9830948 AU -29191 km Jun 17 08:37 1.0169459 AU 35251 km 367.40 days
1560 Dec 17 03:41 0.9830980 AU -28717 km Jun 17 08:24 1.0168783 AU 25132 km 363.41 days
1561 Dec 17 00:04 0.9831535 AU -20412 km Jun 18 15:15 1.0169094 AU 29784 km 365.85 days
1562 Dec 18 01:10 0.9830820 AU -31106 km Jun 16 20:31 1.0169138 AU 30451 km 366.05 days
1563 Dec 16 10:23 0.9830953 AU -29108 km Jun 18 12:00 1.0168562 AU 21833 km 363.38 days
1564 Dec 18 19:10 0.9831649 AU -18704 km Jun 18 17:01 1.0168768 AU 24911 km 367.37 days
1565 Dec 17 08:40 0.9830922 AU -29577 km Jun 16 02:47 1.0168527 AU 21302 km 364.56 days
1566 Dec 16 03:33 0.9831287 AU -24117 km Jun 18 21:45 1.0168796 AU 25326 km 363.79 days
1567 Dec 18 15:37 0.9831337 AU -23370 km Jun 17 18:09 1.0169301 AU 32885 km 367.50 days
1568 Dec 17 08:35 0.9830861 AU -30486 km Jun 17 01:38 1.0168679 AU 23584 km 363.71 days
1569 Dec 16 11:54 0.9831206 AU -25334 km Jun 18 19:36 1.0168937 AU 27443 km 365.14 days
1570 Dec 18 09:17 0.9830617 AU -34141 km Jun 17 01:37 1.0169296 AU 32810 km 366.89 days
1571 Dec 16 18:06 0.9830811 AU -31238 km Jun 17 17:51 1.0168833 AU 25879 km 363.37 days
1572 Dec 18 11:18 0.9831738 AU -17372 km Jun 19 01:16 1.0169050 AU 29130 km 366.72 days
1573 Dec 17 16:18 0.9830940 AU -29312 km Jun 16 10:13 1.0168840 AU 25980 km 365.21 days
1574 Dec 16 03:40 0.9831084 AU -27160 km Jun 18 21:53 1.0168712 AU 24064 km 363.47 days
1575 Dec 18 16:47 0.9831340 AU -23318 km Jun 18 05:24 1.0169082 AU 29602 km 367.55 days
1576 Dec 17 20:21 0.9830973 AU -28815 km Jun 16 21:58 1.0168510 AU 21051 km 364.15 days
1577 Dec 16 07:53 0.9831475 AU -21302 km Jun 18 20:45 1.0168663 AU 23331 km 364.48 days
1578 Dec 18 13:19 0.9831046 AU -27724 km Jun 17 09:22 1.0169246 AU 32066 km 367.23 days
1579 Dec 16 22:01 0.9830875 AU -30278 km Jun 17 06:35 1.0168805 AU 25456 km 363.36 days
1580 Dec 17 18:26 0.9831519 AU -20646 km Jun 19 09:11 1.0168905 AU 26952 km 365.85 days
1581 Dec 18 00:15 0.9830621 AU -34080 km Jun 16 16:01 1.0168921 AU 27198 km 366.24 days
1582 Dec 16 10:24 0.9830759 AU -32013 km Jun 18 10:18 1.0168779 AU 25066 km 363.42 days
1583 Dec 28 16:32 0.9831466 AU -21439 km Jun 18 13:36 1.0169262 AU 32298 km 367.25 days
1584 Dec 28 06:45 0.9831189 AU -25584 km Jun 27 00:10 1.0168805 AU 25460 km 364.59 days
1585 Dec 26 03:21 0.9831565 AU -19960 km Jun 29 00:28 1.0168603 AU 22434 km 363.86 days
1586 Dec 28 15:30 0.9831242 AU -24785 km Jun 27 21:12 1.0169066 AU 29363 km 367.51 days
1587 Dec 27 07:26 0.9830934 AU -29405 km Jun 27 00:30 1.0168491 AU 20771 km 363.66 days
1588 Dec 27 10:02 0.9831757 AU -17085 km Jun 29 13:40 1.0168478 AU 20567 km 365.11 days
1589 Dec 28 07:14 0.9831079 AU -27230 km Jun 26 21:23 1.0168780 AU 25091 km 366.88 days
1590 Dec 26 13:26 0.9830954 AU -29100 km Jun 27 18:06 1.0168694 AU 23803 km 363.26 days
1591 Dec 28 01:50 0.9831510 AU -20783 km Jun 28 21:35 1.0169208 AU 31487 km 366.52 days
1592 Dec 28 13:23 0.9830812 AU -31222 km Jun 27 03:58 1.0168932 AU 27355 km 365.48 days
1593 Dec 26 04:01 0.9830953 AU -29116 km Jun 28 19:16 1.0168646 AU 23088 km 363.61 days
1594 Dec 28 18:49 0.9831044 AU -27750 km Jun 28 05:31 1.0169318 AU 33131 km 367.62 days
1595 Dec 27 18:48 0.9830895 AU -29978 km Jun 26 20:38 1.0168861 AU 26305 km 364.00 days
1596 Dec 27 04:23 0.9831863 AU -15499 km Jun 29 19:20 1.0168625 AU 22773 km 364.40 days
1597 Dec 28 12:35 0.9831280 AU -24227 km Jun 27 09:27 1.0168841 AU 26005 km 367.34 days
1598 Dec 26 21:25 0.9830966 AU -28923 km Jun 27 10:24 1.0168472 AU 20480 km 363.37 days
1599 Dec 27 18:09 0.9831702 AU -17904 km Jun 29 05:45 1.0168742 AU 24523 km 365.86 days
1600 Dec 28 23:29 0.9831246 AU -24735 km Jun 27 09:02 1.0168618 AU 22664 km 366.22 days
Extreme Perihelion and Aphelion
The extremes in Earth's perihelion and aphelion distances for the 16th Century are listed below. Earth’s mean distance from the Sun at perihelion is 0.9832899 AU (147,098,074 km). Earth’s mean distance from the Sun at aphelion is 1.0167103 AU (152,097,701 km).
Extreme Perihelions of Earth: 1501 to 1600
Date GMT Distance Relative to
Mean Per.
Minimum Perihelion: 1545 Dec 17 10:03 0.9830240 AU -39781 km
Maximum Perihelion: 1595 Dec 27 04:23 0.9831863 AU -15499 km
Range of Perihelion: 0.0001623 AU 24281 km
Earth’s mean distance from the Sun at perihelion is 0.9832899 AU (147,098,074 km).
Extreme Intervals Between Perihelions of Earth: 1501 to 1600
Date GMT Distance Relative to Perihelion
Mean Per. Interval
Minimum Interval: 1513 Dec 15 20:51 0.9830678 AU -33227 km 362.96 days
Maximum Interval: 1528 Dec 18 03:24 0.9831161 AU -26005 km 367.90 days
Extreme Aphelions of Earth: 1501 to 1600
Date GMT Distance Relative to
Mean Ap.
Minimum Aphelion: 1540 Jun 16 09:12 1.0168364 AU 18866 km
Maximum Aphelion: 1509 Jun 17 06:16 1.0169714 AU 39067 km
Range of Aphelion: 0.0001350 AU 20200 km
Earth’s mean distance from the Sun at aphelion is 1.0167103 AU (152,097,701 km).
Earth at Perihelion and Aphelion
Earth at Perihelion and Aphelion for other centuries from 1501 through 2500 can be found via the following links.
| 1501-1600 |
1601-1700 |
1701-1800 |
1801-1900 |
1901-2000 |
| 2001-2100 |
2101-2200 |
2201-2300 |
2301-2400 |
2401-2500 |
Acknowledgement
All calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. The JPL DE405 is used to predict the times and distances of Earth at perihelion and aphelion.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by the acknowledgment:
- "Earth perihelion and aphelion Table Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com".