Yorkshire on Monday 20 April 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 20 April 1631: Quoting Elizabeth I’s 1572 Vagabonds Act, justices of the peace in Thirsk order a crackdown on a variety of layabouts
- 20 April 1835: A teetotallers’ tea-party at the first, great, Wilsden Temperance Festival
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:47-20:13, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 06:38, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:51-20:18, zenith 13:05
- Moon: set 00:04 rise 06:43, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:48-20:19, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 00:09 rise 06:35, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:52-20:16, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 00:01 rise 06:46, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:49-20:16, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 00:03 rise 06:40, waxing crescent
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