Yorkshire on Wednesday 20 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 20 August 1852: Leeds unveils a statue modelled by someone believed to resemble Robert Peel (RIP)
- 20 August 1915: The final letter to his father of Private Charles Langrick, 1st/5th Bn., The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment
- 20 August 1919: Two months after the Treaty of Versailles, the Daily News reports the arrival in a Sheffield garden of a balloon released by German POWs in Skipton
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:47-20:21, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 01:29 set 19:39, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:52-20:26, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 01:34 set 19:45, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:48-20:27, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 01:26 set 19:49, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:53-20:25, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 01:37 set 19:42, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:50-20:25, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 01:31 set 19:44, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Oswine of Deira
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