Across 1957, the sky delivered 12 full moons and 4 eclipses. The eclipses fell: an annular solar eclipse in Taurus on April 29, a total lunar eclipse in Scorpio on May 13, a total solar eclipse in Libra on October 23, and a total lunar eclipse in Taurus on November 7. Mercury turned retrograde four times (Jan 1 to Jan 21; Apr 25 to May 18; Aug 27 to Sep 18; Dec 16 onward). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 16. Every full moon, new moon, solar and lunar eclipse, equinox, solstice, planetary ingress, and retrograde station below is computed to the millisecond with the NASA-cross-checked Swiss Ephemeris engine and shown in Eastern Time - Choose your location on the page for your own sky.
January 1957
- Mercury Retrograde
- Pallas enters Pisces
- First Quarter Moon in Aries
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Pluto Rx enters Leo
- Full Moon in Cancer
- Jupiter Retrograde
- Vesta enters Aquarius
- Sun enters Aquarius
- Mercury Direct
- Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Mars enters Taurus
- New Moon in Aquarius
February 1957
- Neptune Retrograde
- Venus enters Aquarius
- First Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Mercury enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Leo
- Juno enters Pisces
- Sun enters Pisces
- Jupiter Rx enters Virgo
- Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
March 1957
- New Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Pisces
- Ceres enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Full Moon in Virgo
- Mars enters Gemini
- Vesta enters Pisces
- Mercury enters Aries
- Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
- Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- Saturn Retrograde
- Venus enters Aries
- New Moon in Aries
April 1957
- Pallas enters Aries
- Mercury enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Uranus Direct
- Full Moon in Libra
- Juno enters Aries
- Venus enters Taurus
- Sun enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
- Mercury Retrograde
- Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Taurus
May 1957
- Mars enters Cancer
- First Quarter Moon in Leo
- Pluto Direct
- Venus enters Gemini
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Scorpio
- Mercury Direct
- Jupiter Direct
- Sun enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Ceres enters Gemini
- Chiron Retrograde
- Vesta enters Aries
- New Moon in Gemini
June 1957
- First Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Venus enters Cancer
- Full Moon in Sagittarius
- Mercury enters Gemini
- Neptune Rx enters Libra
- Juno enters Taurus
- Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
- Mars enters Leo
- Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
- New Moon in Cancer
- Mercury enters Cancer
July 1957
- Venus enters Leo
- Pallas enters Taurus
- First Quarter Moon in Libra
- Neptune Direct
- Full Moon in Capricorn
- Mercury enters Leo
- Last Quarter Moon in Aries
- Sun enters Leo
- Venus enters Virgo
- New Moon in Leo
- Mercury enters Virgo
August 1957
- First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
- Ceres enters Cancer
- Neptune enters Scorpio
- Jupiter enters Libra
- Mars enters Virgo
- Full Moon in Aquarius
- Saturn Direct
- Juno enters Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
- Pluto enters Virgo
- Vesta Retrograde
- Venus enters Libra
- Sun enters Virgo
- New Moon in Virgo
- Mercury Retrograde
September 1957
- First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
- Pallas Retrograde
- Full Moon in Pisces
- Venus enters Scorpio
- Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
- Mercury Direct
- Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
- New Moon in Libra
- Mars enters Libra
- First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
October 1957
- Mercury enters Libra
- Full Moon in Aries
- Venus enters Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
- Chiron Direct
- Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Libra
- Sun enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Scorpio
- Juno Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
November 1957
- Pallas Rx enters Aries
- Venus enters Capricorn
- Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Taurus
- Mars enters Scorpio
- Mercury enters Sagittarius
- Last Quarter Moon in Leo
- Uranus Retrograde
- New Moon in Scorpio
- Vesta Direct
- Sun enters Sagittarius
- Ceres Retrograde
- First Quarter Moon in Pisces
December 1957
- Mercury enters Capricorn
- Pluto Retrograde
- Venus enters Aquarius
- Full Moon in Gemini
- Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
- Pallas Direct
- Mercury Retrograde
- New Moon in Sagittarius
- Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
- Mars enters Sagittarius
- Mercury Rx enters Sagittarius
- First Quarter Moon in Aries