Now! Then! 2025! - A Yorkshire Almanac

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

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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: 04:39-21:17, zenith 12:58
  • Moon: rise 04:09 set 22:46, new moon

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:44-21:22, zenith 13:03
  • Moon: rise 04:14 set 22:52, new moon

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:38-21:25, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: rise 04:06 set 22:58, new moon

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:46-21:19, zenith 13:03
  • Moon: rise 04:16 set 22:48, new moon

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:41-21:21, zenith 13:01
  • Moon: rise 04:11 set 22:51, new moon

Red-letter days and other special events:

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