Yorkshire on Sunday 8 February 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 8 February 1745: Pioneering but pennyless philologist Eugene Aram murders a wealthy Knaresborough wastrel
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:32-16:58, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 00:19 set 09:13, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:37-17:03, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 00:24 set 09:18, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:38-16:59, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 00:26 set 09:13, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:35-17:04, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 00:23 set 09:20, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:35-17:00, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 00:23 set 09:16, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Sexagesima Sunday – second Sunday before Ash Wednesday, part of Shrovetide.
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