Yorkshire on Thursday 1 May 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 May 1734: “The forwardest spring that ever was known in the memory of man”
- 1 May 1878: The Mercury quotes T. Clifford Allbutt (Leeds Infirmary) on the commendable beastliness of northerners
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:22-20:33, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 01:15 rise 07:10, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:27-20:39, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 01:20 rise 07:14, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:23-20:40, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 01:27 rise 07:05, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:28-20:37, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 01:16 rise 07:18, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:25-20:37, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 01:20 rise 07:11, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ☆ May Day – first day of summer, around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice ☆ International Workers’ Day – the Second International’s commemoration of the Chicago Haymarket affair and the struggle for an eight-hour working day ☆ May goslings in Skipton – like April Fools’ (Hone 1827)
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