Yorkshire on Sunday 13 December 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 December 1795: A smoking-hot 25 kg meteorite imperils labourer John Shipley at Wold Cottage Farm, Muston (Filey)
- 13 December 1847: The Rev. Hook of Leeds (49) tells a Coventry colleague of his popularity among his fellow elderly
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:08-15:42, zenith 11:55
- Moon: rise 11:15 set 19:54, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:13-15:47, zenith 12:00
- Moon: rise 11:20 set 19:59, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:16-15:41, zenith 11:59
- Moon: rise 11:22 set 19:55, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:10-15:49, zenith 12:00
- Moon: rise 11:18 set 20:01, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:12-15:44, zenith 11:58
- Moon: rise 11:19 set 19:57, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Lucy the Virgin – the blind, martyrs, writers, salesmen, throat infections. Customs: International Monkey Day.
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