Yorkshire on Tuesday 5 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 5 May 1546: Sir Henry Savile invites William Plumpton to a cockfight at Sheffield between Derbyshire, Lancashire and … Hallamshire
- 5 May 1601: Margaret Hoby of Hackness (Scarborough) spends the day praising the Creator and pondering one of His creations
- 5 May 1732: William Lindley of Dodworth recalls how charcoal burners would cheat coal merchants at the time of the Restoration
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:15-20:40, zenith 12:58
- Moon: rise 00:33 set 06:30, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:19-20:45, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 00:39 set 06:35, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:15-20:47, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 00:45 set 06:26, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:21-20:43, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 00:34 set 06:38, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:17-20:44, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 00:38 set 06:31, waning gibbous
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