U"How Many Degrees The Earths Axis Is Tilted?"
How many degrees the Earths axis is tilted?
The Earths axis is tilted 23.5 or 23 1/2 degrees and rotates around an axis (called its nutatation axis)
This is measured from the perpendicular to the Ecliptic (the plane in which Earth moves around the Sun).
Earths axial tilt varies from 22.1° to 24.5° over a 42,000 year period. The tilt is currently decreasing. In addition to this variation there are nutations of about 0.005° caused by differences in the plane of the lunar orbit.
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