Earth'S Axis Tilted 23.5 Degrees 2024 Earth. The axis of earth's rotation is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane formed by its orbit around the sun. Instead, its axis is always tilted at 23.5 degrees in the exact same direction, toward the north star.

Instead, its axis is always tilted at 23.5 degrees in the exact same direction, toward the north star. The earth’s spin naturally drifts on its axis over time, and that’s generally chalked up to the way mass is distributed and redistributed across the planet’s surface.