“Last we consider the time of their coming,
the season of the year. It was no summer progress.
A cold coming they had of it at this time of the year,
just the worst time of the year to take a journey,
and specially a long journey. The ways deep,
the weather sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off,
in solstitio brumali , the very dead of winter.”
— Lancelot Andrewes, Nativity sermon, 1622
* Title of a poem by T. S. Eliot that paraphrases the above.
Update of Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 —
"The sun farthest off . . . ."
Perihelion Day 2022 (File Image)
"As the celestial events for the new year have begun recently,
the Perihelion Day 2022 has finally arrived. It's the moment
when Earth swings closest to the sun once every year and this
closest Earth-Sun distance is called perihelion. This year, the
Perihelion Day will occur on January 4, Tuesday."