Mercury Retrograde 2024 Times. While 2023 served up just three of these periods, 2024 will see us treated to mercury retrograde a delightful four times, so buckle up. All planets save for the sun and moon appear at various times to reverse direction in the sky;
12:32 pm universal time*, 7:32 pm est, and 4:32 pm pst, 8:32 pm edt,. This drawing illustrates the path of mercury in the sky and the different stages of the mercury retrograde cycle.