Yorkshire on Sunday 9 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 9 August 1661: John Ray encounters kelp-makers on the coast between Scarborough and Whitby
- 9 August 1805: Joseph Locke, who made the railways pay, is born under indifferent auspices at Attercliffe (Sheffield)
- 9 August 1845: Young George Boothby of Honley goes to Huddersfield for a night out, and four women are later transported for ten years
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:27-20:45, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 00:22 set 19:17, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:32-20:50, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 00:27 set 19:22, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:28-20:52, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 00:18 set 19:28, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:33-20:48, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 00:30 set 19:19, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:30-20:49, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 00:23 set 19:22, waning crescent
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