Yorkshire on Sunday 31 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 31 August 1651: John Wilks (Thompson, Smith…), of Knaresborough gives a York court a glimpse of the life of a Catholic hedge priest
- 31 August 1785: The public intervene in the ascent by balloon of Joseph Decker at York Racecourse
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:07-19:55, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 16:04 set 22:08, first quarter
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:11-20:00, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 16:10 set 22:13, first quarter
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:09-20:01, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 16:16 set 22:04, first quarter
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:12-19:59, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 16:06 set 22:16, first quarter
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:09-19:59, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 16:09 set 22:09, first quarter
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