YES.
That may account for the weirdness ...
Mercury turns direct at 8:58PM PDT (North America) on July 31, 2019
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Photo Credit: NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-incredible-shrinking-mercury-is-active-after-all
Psst .. for you grammar nerds IsMercuryRetrograde.com works too :)