Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Wednesday 29 January 2025 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:49-16:39, zenith 12:14
  • Moon: rise 08:26 set 16:21, new moon

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:54-16:44, zenith 12:19
  • Moon: rise 08:32 set 16:26, new moon

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:56-16:39, zenith 12:18
  • Moon: rise 08:35 set 16:20, new moon

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:52-16:45, zenith 12:19
  • Moon: rise 08:29 set 16:28, new moon

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:53-16:41, zenith 12:17
  • Moon: rise 08:31 set 16:23, new moon

Red-letter days and other special events:

    ! Chinese New Year of the Snake

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