 It can be seen that the equinoxes occur approximately at altitude , and the solstices occur approximately at altitudes where "ε "is the axial tilt of the earth, 23.4°.The analemma is plotted with its width highly exaggerated, revealing a slight asymmetry (due to the two-week misalignment between the apsides of the Earth's orbit and its solstices).The analemma is oriented with the smaller loop appearing north of the larger loop.