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In fact, the angle between the axis of the earth and the ecliptic plane is about 23.5 degrees. If you look in the next animated image, you can see that while earth moves in an orbit around the sun in the ecliptic plane, it rotates around its own axis under that angle of 23.5 degrees all the while.
1 In addition to the Earth's rotation, the Earth also revolves around the Sun, once every 365.25 days.  Consequently, the Sun appears to move with respect to the stars. Each day the motion of the Sun is like the motion of a star, but not always the same star throughout the year.