Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Sunday 1 June 2025 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:34-21:23, zenith 12:59
  • Moon: set 01:31 rise 10:17, waxing crescent

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:39-21:28, zenith 13:04
  • Moon: set 01:36 rise 10:21, waxing crescent

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:33-21:32, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: set 01:38 rise 10:17, waxing crescent

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:41-21:26, zenith 13:03
  • Moon: set 01:34 rise 10:23, waxing crescent

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 04:36-21:27, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: set 01:35 rise 10:19, waxing crescent

Red-letter days and other special events:

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