Yorkshire on Thursday 9 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 9 January 1659: The poet Andrew Marvell reacts emotionally to his nomination as “a fitting man to take our wishes unto parliament house” at a hustings of the “free and lightened voters” of Hull
- 9 January 1772: Civil engineer John Smeaton suggests how to avoid a water conflict between the Boroughbridge mills and the new River Ure navigation from Ripon
- 9 January 1827: Writing from Halifax, the comedian Charles Mathews longs for Leeds
- 9 January 1935: Returning from Bear Island, the trawler Edgar Wallace capsizes in the Humber at Hull, killing 15
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:12-16:04, zenith 12:08
- Moon: set 03:43 rise 11:45, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:18-16:08, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 03:48 rise 11:50, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:20-16:03, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 03:51 rise 11:44, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:15-16:10, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 03:46 rise 11:52, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:17-16:06, zenith 12:11
- Moon: set 03:47 rise 11:47, waxing gibbous
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