✨ Jupiter ends retrograde motion! ✨ After months of moving "backward" in the sky, Jupiter has officially ended its retrograde motion today, February 4! 🚀🔭 🌌 What is retrograde motion? If you observe a planet at the same time each day for several weeks, you'll notice that it usually moves in one direction. But sometimes, it appears to loop backward before continuing forward—this is retrograde motion, an optical illusion caused by Earth's movement. 🔄 Which planets are still in retrograde? - Ma

Retrograde = when a planet looks like it’s moving backward in the sky 🌍✨⁠ ⁠ Normally, planets slowly drift one way against the background of stars. But sometimes, as Earth and the planet move around the Sun, our viewpoint changes — and the planet seems to reverse for a few weeks 🔄👀⁠ (It’s an illusion, the planet isn’t actually turning around.)⁠ ⁠ 🧐 Why does this happen?⁠ As Earth overtakes, for example, Mercury in its orbit, the smaller, faster planet seems to reverse direction from our pers