👉 Perigean, also known as periapsis, is a point in the orbit of Earth that marks the closest approach to the Sun and the beginning of its elliptical path. It is located between Mars and Jupiter on the sky and can be seen from the perspective of the Moon or an observer who is moving at high speed relative to the Sun. Perigean refers to the area where the Earth's orbit intersects with the Sun, which is about 385,000 miles
