Yorkshire on Thursday 8 May 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 8 May 1154: The wooden bridge over the Ouse collapses under the crowd welcoming Archbishop William of York back from Rome
- 8 May 1849: Amid revelations of fraud at the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Richard Nicholson, business partner and brother-in-law of the Railway King, George Hudson, drowns himself in the Ouse at York
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:09-20:46, zenith 12:57
- Moon: set 03:52 rise 16:21, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:13-20:51, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 03:57 rise 16:26, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:09-20:53, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 03:55 rise 16:26, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:15-20:49, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 03:56 rise 16:26, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:11-20:50, zenith 13:00
- Moon: set 03:55 rise 16:25, waxing gibbous
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