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Mars retrograde 1957

There was no Mars retrograde in 1957: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on October 10, 1956 in Pisces, and the next began on October 10, 1958 in Gemini.

Retrograde in 1957
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Oct 10, 1956 10:07 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Oct 10, 1958 9:47 AM UTC
Gap between loops
730 days
Mars Retrograde 1957: None — Next Starts Oct 10, 1958

Mars’s path through 1957, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1957
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1957. Mars starts 1957 at 13°04′ Aries and ends it at 5°36′ Sagittarius — 232.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.7° forward. AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1957. Mars starts 1957 at 13°04′ Aries and ends it at 5°36′ Sagittarius — 232.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.7° forward. AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1957 at 13°04′ Aries and ends it at 5°36′ Sagittarius — 232.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.7° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1957: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 9:47 AM UTC on October 10, 1958 at 2°32′ Gemini — 5:47 AM in Santiago, 5:47 AM in New York, 9:47 AM in London and 6:47 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Oct 10, 1956 Turns retrograde · Oct 10, 1958
UTC Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · 13°08′ Pisces Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · 2°32′ Gemini
Honolulu United States 12:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−10 11:47 PM Thu, Oct 9, 1958 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−10 11:47 PM Thu, Oct 9, 1958 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 2:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−8 1:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 3:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−7 2:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−7 2:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 5:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−5 4:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−6 3:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−6
New York United States 6:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−4 5:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−5 5:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−5 4:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−5 4:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:37 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−4:30 5:17 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 6:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−4 5:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−3 6:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC−3 6:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC 9:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC 9:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 11:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+1 10:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+1
Paris France 11:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+1 10:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 11:07 AM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+1 10:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 12:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+2 11:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+2 11:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 12:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+2 11:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 12:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+2 11:47 AM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 1:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+3 12:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 1:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+3 12:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+3:30 1:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+4 1:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+5 2:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+5:30 3:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+5:30 3:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+6 3:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+7 4:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+7:30 5:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 5:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+7:30 5:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 6:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+8 5:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+8 5:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+8 5:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+8:30 6:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+8:30
Tokyo Japan 7:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+9 6:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 7:37 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+9:30 7:17 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+10 7:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+10 7:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:07 PM Wed, Oct 10, 1956 · UTC+12 9:47 PM Fri, Oct 10, 1958 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Mars station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Mars in 1957: a year between two loops

730 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1957 falls entirely inside that stretch. Mars turns back once every 779.94 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The loops themselves are on the 1956 and 1958 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1957

Previous

1956 Ended October 10, 1956 after 61 days, moving back 10.5° through the zodiac.

Next

1958 Begins October 10, 1958 and runs 71 days.

Gap across 1957

2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1957

Mars through the zodiac in 1957

Every sign Mars occupies during 1957, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mars in Aries From Jan 1 – Jan 28
Mars in Taurus Jan 28 – Mar 17
Mars in Gemini Mar 17 – May 4
Mars in Cancer May 4 – Jun 21
Mars in Leo Jun 21 – Aug 8
Mars in Virgo Aug 8 – Sep 24
Mars in Libra Sep 24 – Nov 8
Mars in Scorpio Nov 8 – Dec 23
Mars in Sagittarius Dec 23 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1957. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1957 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1957

Uranus in Leo Nov 12, 1956 – Apr 10, 1957 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 2, 1956 – May 9, 1957 · 159 days
Mercury in Capricorn Jan 1, 1957 – Jan 21, 1957 · 20 days
Jupiter in Libra Jan 16, 1957 – May 19, 1957 · 123 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 2, 1957 – Jul 11, 1957 · 159 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Mar 24, 1957 – Aug 11, 1957 · 141 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 25, 1957 – May 19, 1957 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 27, 1957 – Sep 19, 1957 · 23 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 17, 1957 – Apr 15, 1958 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 4, 1957 – May 11, 1958 · 158 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 16, 1957 – Jan 5, 1958 · 20 days
← 1956 Mars retrograde in 1956. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1958 → Mars retrograde in 1958.

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