Yorkshire on Monday 24 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 August 1832: The Rev Henry Nussey – St John Rivers in Jane Eyre – attends his church’s Sunday School festival at Birstall
- 24 August 1870: Fakesong by an army captain about the sights of the St. Bartholomew’s Fair today at Reeth, Swaledale
- 24 August 1921: The British-built United States Navy R.38 airship collapses, explodes, and crashes into the Humber at Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:54-20:13, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 00:59 rise 19:06, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:59-20:18, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 01:03 rise 19:11, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:55-20:18, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 00:55 rise 19:15, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:59-20:16, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 01:06 rise 19:08, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:56-20:16, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 01:00 rise 19:10, waxing gibbous
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