Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

and why doesn’t magnetic north stay in one place? This image shows magnetic declination, or the angle between magnetic and geographic north, according to the World Magnetic Model released in 2025.

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Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location, the magnetic north pole’s position ... though the time between flips has varied greatly — from 5,000 years to as much as 50 ...

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