Jupiter’s Retrograde Motion Has Ended! 🌌🔄 On February 4, 2025, Jupiter finished its retrograde motion and is now moving forward again. It will appear to move “backward” again from November 11, 2025, to March 11, 2026. 🧐 What is retrograde motion? It’s an optical illusion! Planets normally move west to east in the sky (prograde motion), but sometimes they appear to move backward (retrograde motion). 🚗💨 Think of it like this: When you’re in a car and pass a slower vehicle, it briefly looks li

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Jupiter Retrograde 2025 Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, undergoes an apparent retrograde motion as seen from Earth. But what does that mean? Retrograde motion is an optical illusion that occurs when a planet appears to move backward in the sky due to differences in orbital speeds. As Earth, moving faster in its inner orbit, overtakes Jupiter, the gas giant seems to temporarily reverse direction before continuing its normal prograde motion. Jupiter’s next retrograde motion will t