Mercury Retrograde Shadow 2024 Dates. Mercury leaves its shadow on january 20th, 2024, at 8:04 pm pt — 8°29 capricorn; It’s technically 4 times but the very first mercury retrograde of the year has mercury turning direct on january 2, having been retrograde since december 13, 2023.

3:02 am universal time*, 10:02 pm est, and 7:02 pm pst,, 11:02 pm est, and 8:02 pm pst. The first mercury retrograde phase of the year began in late 2023 and carries on into 2024 in sagittarius.