Yorkshire on Sunday 24 March 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 March 1703: The mathematician and astronomer Abraham Sharp experiences the northern lights for the first time, at Little Hortonn, Bradford
- 24 March 1733: Several couples ensure their marriage licences are Latin
- 24 March 1896: Christ meets Cheops on the pyramid tomb at Sharow, Ripon under which Jessie Piazzi Smyth (who died today) was buried by her “pyramidiot” husband
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:50-18:24, zenith 12:07
- Moon: set 05:54 rise 17:38, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:55-18:29, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 05:59 rise 17:43, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:53-18:28, zenith 12:11
- Moon: set 05:59 rise 17:41, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:55-18:28, zenith 12:11
- Moon: set 05:59 rise 17:43, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:53-18:27, zenith 12:10
- Moon: set 05:58 rise 17:41, waxing gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Palm Sunday ! Bear “palms” – willow twigs with flowers on them (Bedell 1847)
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