Yorkshire on Saturday 24 October 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 October 1733: Sir John Stapylton of Myton-on-Swale loses a fight with a sheep
- 24 October 1877: Six years after the inauguration of its horse trams, the Leeds Tramways Company tests a steam car by Kitson and Co. of Hunslet
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:44-17:46, zenith 12:45
- Moon: set 05:29 rise 16:44, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:49-17:51, zenith 12:50
- Moon: set 05:34 rise 16:48, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:49-17:48, zenith 12:49
- Moon: set 05:34 rise 16:46, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:47-17:52, zenith 12:50
- Moon: set 05:33 rise 16:49, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:47-17:49, zenith 12:48
- Moon: set 05:32 rise 16:46, waxing gibbous
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- Customs: World Tripe Day.
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