It must be an illusion caused by the position of the shadow, which of course need not be at the equator (for any planet not in the ecliptic and/or having a rotational axis not perpendicular to the ecliptic).
..................need not be at the equator (for any planet not in the ecliptic and/or having a rotational axis not perpendicular to the ecliptic).
Agreed, but I would think that the rings would rotate around the center of mass.
(But, of course earth’s magnetic forces do not exactly align with our poles.)