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At all times during the same day, week, month, year, human lifetime,

century, and millennium ... yes. The north end of Earth's axis points

to a place in the sky that's about 1/3 of a degree from the bright star

Polaris (the "North Star").

But it IS moving away from that point, along a giant circle in the sky

with a radius of about 23.5 degrees, making one complete revolution

around that circle roughly every 26,000 years.

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No. In a process called "precession", it will turn around, while approximately maintaining its angle of 23.5 degrees. An entire turn takes about 46,000 years.

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