It's been up there all month. MF'ing beautiful. Well, in a few days Jupiter gets even closer than it is now. Take a look out West and you'll see it in the evening sky. http://earthsky.org/tonight/waxing-moon-closer-to-spica-on-june-26
Earth furthest from the Sun for the year in a few days: http://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-farthest-from-sun-for-year-in-early-july Here is some cool info I have been teaching my kids lately:
My son had the same question recently: why is it so hot if we are further away from the sun? I wasn’t sure but I thought it was due to the earth’s tilt. Dad was right this time!