Yorkshire Almanac 2026

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Sunday 28 June 2026 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:31-21:38, zenith 13:04
  • Moon: set 02:27 rise 21:16, waxing gibbous

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:35-21:43, zenith 13:09
  • Moon: set 02:32 rise 21:22, waxing gibbous

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:29-21:47, zenith 13:08
  • Moon: set 02:23 rise 21:28, waxing gibbous

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:37-21:40, zenith 13:09
  • Moon: set 02:35 rise 21:18, waxing gibbous

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:32-21:42, zenith 13:07
  • Moon: set 02:28 rise 21:21, waxing gibbous

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