Yorkshire on Sunday 24 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 May 1669: Abraham Sharp (16), later mathematician and astronomer, undertakes not to fornicate for the next eight years and is apprenticed to a York textile merchant
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:43-21:12, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 02:20 rise 13:37, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:48-21:17, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 02:25 rise 13:42, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:42-21:20, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 02:25 rise 13:40, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:50-21:15, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 02:24 rise 13:42, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:45-21:16, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 02:23 rise 13:40, waxing gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Whit Sunday or Pentecost – descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles in Jerusalem.
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