is the sun closer to the earth in the summer or winter
Earth is at the far end (aphelion) of its eliptical orbit in the northern hemisphere's summer (~July 4), an â¦ d at its closest (perihelion) during winter ~(January 4). It is not Earth, but your location on Earth that gets more direct rays of the sun in summer than in winter.arth. Mars is closer. Earth is the fourth planet from the sun and Mars in the third. Answer: No. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. (When I was â¦ little we learned My very elegant mother just sat upon nine porcupines to remember the order of the planets.