# Mercury Retrograde Status

**Last Updated:** May 19, 2026

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## Current Status

**Mercury is NOT in retrograde right now.**


### Next Retrograde Period

- **Pre-shadow begins:** June 12, 2026
- **Retrograde begins:** June 29, 2026
- **Retrograde ends:** July 23, 2026
- **Post-shadow ends:** August 06, 2026

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## Precise Phase Timestamps

| Phase | Date & Time | Zodiac Degree |
|-------|-------------|---------------|
| Pre-shadow Start | June 12, 2026 at 05:35 PM UTC | — |
| Station Retrograde | June 29, 2026 at 05:35 PM UTC | 26.26° Cancer |
| Cazimi (Inferior Conjunction) | July 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC | 20.72° Cancer |
| Station Direct | July 23, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC | 16.32° Cancer |
| Speed Normalization (>1°/day) | August 03, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC | — |
| Post-shadow End | August 06, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC | — |

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## Upcoming Mercury Retrograde Periods

| Pre-Shadow | Retrograde Start | Retrograde End | Post-Shadow |
|------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
| 2026-02-11 | 2026-02-26 | 2026-03-20 | 2026-04-09 |
| 2026-06-12 | 2026-06-29 | 2026-07-23 | 2026-08-06 |
| 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-24 | 2026-11-13 | 2026-11-30 |
| 2027-01-25 | 2027-02-09 | 2027-03-03 | 2027-03-23 |
| 2027-05-25 | 2027-06-10 | 2027-07-04 | 2027-07-19 |
| 2027-09-17 | 2027-10-07 | 2027-10-28 | 2027-11-13 |

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## About This Data

This information is calculated using the Swiss Ephemeris to compute Mercury's apparent motion.
Retrograde is detected when Mercury's apparent orbital speed becomes negative.
Timestamps are refined via binary search to approximately 36-second precision.

**Source:** [mercury-retrograde.com](https://www.mercury-retrograde.com/)

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*This is a machine-readable Markdown endpoint for LLM consumption.*
*Generated: 2026-05-19 04:54:35 UTC*