2 October 1836
Last Quarter, 53% lit
The Beagle comes home
Darwin stepped ashore after four years and nine months, having been seasick for a great deal of it.
He had signed on for two years as a gentleman companion to the captain, largely because nobody else would take the unpaid post. He never left Britain again.
- Date
- 2 October 1836
- Moon computed for
- 12:00 local time, UTC−0:20The time of day is not recorded here, so noon stands in.
- Phase
- Last Quarter
- Illuminated
- 53%
Source: Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge