Yorkshire Almanac 2026

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Wednesday 4 March 2026 »

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Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:40-17:45, zenith 12:13
  • Moon: set 06:54 rise 19:20, waning gibbous

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:45-17:50, zenith 12:17
  • Moon: set 06:59 rise 19:25, waning gibbous

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:44-17:48, zenith 12:16
  • Moon: set 06:57 rise 19:24, waning gibbous

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:44-17:50, zenith 12:17
  • Moon: set 06:58 rise 19:25, waning gibbous

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:43-17:48, zenith 12:16
  • Moon: set 06:57 rise 19:23, waning gibbous

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The Yorkshire Almanac is a day-by-day calendar, featuring modern happenings in the heavens and on earth and some 973 historical serendipities (776K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,712 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,999 subjects. Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling, composing and coding the Yorkshire Almanac online at bedtime since 2021, and it's now available in paperback. Also: Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder Performs the Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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