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 19 October 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: 07:35-17:57, zenith 12:46
  • Moon: rise 05:15 set 17:05, waning crescent

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:40-18:02, zenith 12:51
  • Moon: rise 05:20 set 17:10, waning crescent

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:40-17:59, zenith 12:49
  • Moon: rise 05:19 set 17:08, waning crescent

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:38-18:02, zenith 12:50
  • Moon: rise 05:20 set 17:10, waning crescent

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:38-17:59, zenith 12:49
  • Moon: rise 05:18 set 17:08, waning crescent

Red-letter days and other special events:

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