Venus retrograde 1957
There was no Venus retrograde in 1957: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 13, 1956 in Gemini, and the next began on January 8, 1958 in Aquarius.
- Retrograde in 1957
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Jul 13, 1956 9:20 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 8, 1958 2:47 AM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 543 days
Venus’s path through 1957, day by day
Venus starts 1957 at 14°36′ Sagittarius and ends it at 14°42′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 60.1°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 7 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 8, 1958. Fastest day: Jan 27, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 25 days of 1957 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Venus stations either side of 1957: exact times in your city
Venus turned retrograde at 2:47 AM UTC on January 8, 1958 at 16°17′ Aquarius — 10:47 PM on January 7 in Santiago, 9:47 PM on January 7 in New York, 2:47 AM in London and 11:47 AM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Jul 13, 1956 | Turns retrograde · Jan 8, 1958 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · 22°30′ Gemini | Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · 16°17′ Aquarius |
| Honolulu United States | 11:20 AM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−10 | 4:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 11:20 AM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−10 | 4:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 2:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−7 | 6:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 2:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−7 | 7:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 2:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−7 | 7:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 4:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−5 | 8:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 3:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−6 | 8:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 5:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−4 | 9:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 5:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−4 | 9:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 4:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−5 | 9:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 4:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−5 | 9:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 4:50 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−4:30 | 10:17 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 5:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−4 | 10:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 6:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−3 | 11:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 6:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC−3 | 11:47 PM Tue, Jan 7, 1958 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 9:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC | 1:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 10:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+1 | 2:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 10:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+1 | 3:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 10:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+1 | 3:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 10:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+1 | 3:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 11:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+2 | 4:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 11:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+2 | 4:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 11:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+2 | 4:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 11:20 PM Fri, Jul 13, 1956 · UTC+2 | 4:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 12:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+3 | 5:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 12:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+3 | 5:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 12:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+3:30 | 6:17 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 1:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+4 | 6:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+5 | 7:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 2:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+5:30 | 8:17 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 2:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+5:30 | 8:17 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 3:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+6 | 8:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 4:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+7 | 9:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+7:30 | 10:17 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 4:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+7:30 | 10:17 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 5:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+8 | 10:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 5:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+8 | 10:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 5:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+8 | 10:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 6:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+9:30 | 11:17 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+8:30 |
| Tokyo Japan | 6:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+9 | 11:47 AM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 6:50 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+9:30 | 12:17 PM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 7:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+10 | 12:47 PM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 7:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+10 | 12:47 PM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 9:20 AM Sat, Jul 14, 1956 · UTC+12 | 2:47 PM Wed, Jan 8, 1958 · UTC+12 |
Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
Venus in 1957: a year between two loops
543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1957 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on December 7, the day Venus first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1957
Gap across 1957
1.5 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
Venus through the zodiac in 1957
Every sign Venus 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.
15 segments in 1957. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
1957 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 1957
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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1957: None — Next Starts Jan 8, 1958.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1957/
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