How is the earth tilted towards the sun during spring?

Answer 1

Being very nearly spherical (shaped like a round ball), it's kind of tough to say that

the Earth "is tilted" ... a tilted ball is still a ball.

The Earth's rotation axis points toward a spot in the sky that's very near the star Polaris.

In that direction, the axis makes an angle of about 67.5 degrees to the ecliptic, the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

When you see a drawing of the Sun and the Earth in its orbit around it, you're tempted

to assume that the Earth's north pole points straight up, making a right angle with the

direction toward the sun. There's really no reason why it ought to point that way, or

why it should tilt at an angle of 42 degrees, or 87 degrees, or zero, or any other angle.

It just happens to be about 67.5 degrees.

If it were 90 degrees, then earth would have no seasons. And if it were much less

than it actually is, then the seasons might be so extreme that life on Earth might be

almost impossible.

The ecliptic - the plane in which the orbits of all the planets including Earth lies - is also tilted with respect to the Galactic Equator (about 60 degrees) The mass of the galaxy is so great that reasonably that should be a frame of reference but in space there is no up and down!

Answer 2

well, the earth is always tilted north. so there is no saying where it is tilted during any season. its always tilted the same direction.

B:

By rk13

Well Earth also take some tilts due to the changes in the position towards the sun during the revolution.

Answer 3

The earth is at a constant tilt to the plane of orbit around the sun. In the spring and fall the angle of the tilt is perpendicular to the sun which gives both north and south hemispheres equal amounts directing the most sunlight at the equator.

Answer 4

If you live north of the equator, at the beginning of summer, the north pole is tilted towards the Sun, at the beginning of winter, the north pole is tilted away from the Sun. At the beginning of spring and fall, the axis is in an intermediate position.

Actually the position of the axis doesn't change significantly in a year; it always points towards the same point in the sky. What changes is the Earth's position in relation to the Sun.

Answer 5

When Spring starts in the northern hemisphere - somewhere around March 21 - the northern part of Earth's axis is tilted towards the Sun; the southern part, away from the Sun. When Spring starts in the Southern Hemisphere - somewhere around September 22 - it is the opposite.

Answer 6

Sideways in relation to the sun.