Earth Tilted 23.5 Degrees 2024 Eclipse. The earth is tilted on its axis at 23.5 degrees there are seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) because the earth’s axis is tilted. During the new moon, the moon usually passes below or above the sun, and its shadow misses earth.
This earth tilt, called obliquity, occurs because the earth isn’t perfectly upright as it rotates around the sun. Instead, the moon’s orbit around earth is tilted (or inclined) by about five degrees.