Before speaking about retrograde motion, revolution and rotation, we must know the difference between each word, scientifically.

Motion is simply movement. If it has no direction it is called standard or linear, but if it has a direction and magnitude, it is called a vector.

Revolution is known as a planet's or object's movement around a larger object, in this example, the sun, in an orbit. The Earth completes one revolution around the sun in 364.25 days.

Rotation is the movement of an object or a planet around itself . In this example, Earth completes 1 rotation around itself in 24 hours.

One more thing we need to know is the inclination of axis of a planet. For example, the Earth's Equator is not at a 90 degree angle with the sun, but there is an inclination, and that is the reason why areas such as the north pole might not have any night time. Because due to inclination, it is always exposed to the Sun. And, that's why countries like Finland only have 6 months of night time and 6 months of daytime

Now to the point, when speaking about the term Retrograde, there are retrograde motion, retrograde revolution and retrograde rotation.

Retrograde motion: The apparent backward motion of a planet caused by its being lapped by another planet, or vice-versa. Both planets move in a direct (eastward) motion around the Sun, but the planet with the inside (smaller) orbit moves faster than the planet on the outside (larger) orbit, and when it passes the slower-moving planet, each sees the other one as apparently moving backwards relative to its usual motion around the sky. In this "retrograde" motion, neither planet is actually moving backwards; it only appears that way, during the time that one laps the other.

Retrograde revolution: This refers to an orbital motion which is really backwards relative to normal orbital motions. No planet has a retrograde orbital motion, but some of the moons of the outer planets move backwards relative to the general motion of the other moons of those planets, and many comets have retrograde revolution.

Retrograde rotation: This is a rotational motion which is backwards relative to the orbital motion that an object has. All of the planets move around the Sun in a direct (eastward) direction, but three of them (Venus, Uranus and Pluto) rotate in a retrograde (westward) direction, and are said to have a retrograde rotation. Do not confuse revolution, or motion around an orbit, with rotation, or turning about an axis. Even though some planets have retrograde rotation, no planet has retrograde revolution. All the planets go around the Sun in the same (eastward) direction. The reason why Uranus has a Retrograde rotation is that because it has an axial tilt or inclination of 177 degrees, which means it is rotating in the opposite direction to its orbit.

The above photos illustrate the MOTION of Mars in it's orbit, and the reason we only saw it now is because on 30th July 2010, like back in 1965, Earth (The slower planet) overlapped with Mars (the faster planet). The reason we only see it when Earth is near to Mars is because Mars has not planet on it's other side. There is an Asteroid belt that keeps the Inner Solar system (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) from interactions with the Outer Solar System.

The Retrograde motion of mars took place in 1965, 1997, 2003 and 2010. These dates are not the only dates that this happened but just the dates i remember from research.

FOR A PLANET TO HAVE SUNRISE FROM THE WEST, IT SHOULD HAVE RETROGRADE ROTATION, NOT RETROGRADE REVOLUTION OR RETROGRADE MOTION!!!