Yorkshire on Saturday 6 June 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 6 June 1641: Under a waning gibbous moon, armed with a penknife and sticky-willy unguent, a shepherd castrates Henry Best’s lambs at Elmswell (Driffield)
- 6 June 1817: A government agent-provocateur on his way to a meeting of pro-democracy radicals at Thornhill encounters Thomas Murray, weaver and reform activist
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:31-21:28, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 01:04 set 10:13, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:35-21:34, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 01:09 set 10:18, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:29-21:37, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 01:11 set 10:14, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:37-21:31, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 01:07 set 10:19, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:32-21:33, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 01:08 set 10:16, waning gibbous
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