Voyage Around the World with Fred. Olsen Cruises and Go Stargazing (Southampton to Rio)
Monday 6th January 2025 to Monday 21st April 2025
Departing from Port of Southampton
White Star Way, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3GG
Embark on a unique journey with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines aboard their ship, Bolette, departing from Liverpool (via Southampton) on this meticulously designed and exceptional cruise.
Trace the footsteps of renowned historical explorers, taking in breathtaking landscapes, diverse cultures, and fascinating wildlife. Explore iconic landmarks such as Sydney’s Harbour and Opera House, the enigmatic Moai statues on Easter Island, and South Africa’s Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Venture off the beaten path to discover hidden treasures like Robinson Crusoe Island.
Astronomers from Go Stargazing will be joining you on the Southampton to Rio de Janeiro leg of this cruise, helping you navigate the starry skies of both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, leading to an unforgettable experience at every turn.
Sail away from light pollution
The map plots the course of this cruise. As you travel away from light pollution, a breathtaking canvas of stars unfolds above. The sky becomes a sanctuary of twinkling constellations, captivating stargazers with its celestial wonders. Guided by a Go Stargazing astronomer, you'll learn to navigate the skies and immerse yourself in their beauty.
Cruise organiser
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is organising this cruise
Please contact Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines directly for more details regarding this cruise.
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Cruise booking
For full details on how to attend this cruise, including how to book, please see the cruise's official website.
Visit cruise websiteCruise darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this cruise. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Mon 6th Jan
First Quarter
39 % illuminated
Dark from 00:40 to 06:46
Dark for 6h 6m
Tue 7th Jan
First Quarter
50 % illuminated
Dark from 02:05 to 06:45
Dark for 4h 40m
Wed 8th Jan
First Quarter
61 % illuminated
Dark from 03:34 to 06:45
Dark for 3h 11m
Thu 9th Jan
Waxing Gibbous
72 % illuminated
Dark from 05:01 to 06:45
Dark for 1h 44m
Fri 10th Jan
Waxing Gibbous
82 % illuminated
Dark from 06:23 to 06:44
Dark for 0h 21m
Sat 11th Jan
Waxing Gibbous
90 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Sun 12th Jan
Waxing Gibbous
95 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Mon 13th Jan
Full Moon
99 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Tue 14th Jan
Full Moon
100 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Wed 15th Jan
Full Moon
99 % illuminated
Dark from 17:47 to 18:13
Dark for 0h 25m
Thu 16th Jan
Waning Gibbous
95 % illuminated
Dark from 17:48 to 19:31
Dark for 1h 42m
Fri 17th Jan
Waning Gibbous
90 % illuminated
Dark from 17:50 to 20:45
Dark for 2h 54m
Sat 18th Jan
Waning Gibbous
83 % illuminated
Dark from 17:51 to 21:56
Dark for 4h 4m
Sun 19th Jan
Waning Gibbous
76 % illuminated
Dark from 17:53 to 23:05
Dark for 5h 11m
Mon 20th Jan
Third Quarter
67 % illuminated
Dark from 17:54 to 00:15
Dark for 6h 20m
Tue 21st Jan
Third Quarter
58 % illuminated
Dark from 17:55 to 01:26
Dark for 7h 30m
Wed 22nd Jan
Third Quarter
49 % illuminated
Dark from 17:57 to 02:39
Dark for 8h 41m
Thu 23rd Jan
Third Quarter
39 % illuminated
Dark from 17:58 to 03:54
Dark for 9h 55m
Fri 24th Jan
Waning Crescent
30 % illuminated
Dark from 18:00 to 05:07
Dark for 11h 6m
Sat 25th Jan
Waning Crescent
22 % illuminated
Dark from 18:01 to 06:13
Dark for 12h 11m
Sun 26th Jan
Waning Crescent
14 % illuminated
Dark from 18:03 to 06:32
Dark for 12h 28m
Mon 27th Jan
Waning Crescent
8 % illuminated
Dark from 18:04 to 06:30
Dark for 12h 25m
Tue 28th Jan
New Moon
3 % illuminated
Dark from 18:06 to 06:29
Dark for 12h 22m
Wed 29th Jan
New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 18:07 to 06:28
Dark for 12h 20m
Thu 30th Jan
New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 18:09 to 06:27
Dark for 12h 17m
Fri 31st Jan
New Moon
3 % illuminated
Dark from 19:36 to 06:26
Dark for 10h 50m
Sat 1st Feb
Waxing Crescent
8 % illuminated
Dark from 21:01 to 06:24
Dark for 9h 23m
Sun 2nd Feb
Waxing Crescent
15 % illuminated
Dark from 22:27 to 06:23
Dark for 7h 56m
Mon 3rd Feb
Waxing Crescent
24 % illuminated
Dark from 23:53 to 06:22
Dark for 6h 29m
Tue 4th Feb
First Quarter
35 % illuminated
Dark from 01:21 to 06:20
Dark for 4h 59m
Wed 5th Feb
First Quarter
46 % illuminated
Dark from 02:49 to 06:19
Dark for 3h 30m
Thu 6th Feb
First Quarter
58 % illuminated
Dark from 04:12 to 06:17
Dark for 2h 5m
Fri 7th Feb
First Quarter
68 % illuminated
Dark from 05:24 to 06:16
Dark for 0h 52m
Sat 8th Feb
Waxing Gibbous
78 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Sun 9th Feb
Waxing Gibbous
86 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Mon 10th Feb
Waxing Gibbous
93 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Tue 11th Feb
Full Moon
97 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Wed 12th Feb
Full Moon
100 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Thu 13th Feb
Full Moon
100 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Fri 14th Feb
Full Moon
98 % illuminated
Dark from 18:32 to 19:39
Dark for 1h 6m
Sat 15th Feb
Waning Gibbous
94 % illuminated
Dark from 18:34 to 20:49
Dark for 2h 14m
Sun 16th Feb
Waning Gibbous
89 % illuminated
Dark from 18:36 to 21:59
Dark for 3h 22m
Mon 17th Feb
Waning Gibbous
82 % illuminated
Dark from 18:37 to 23:10
Dark for 4h 32m
Tue 18th Feb
Waning Gibbous
75 % illuminated
Dark from 18:39 to 00:22
Dark for 5h 42m
Wed 19th Feb
Third Quarter
66 % illuminated
Dark from 18:41 to 01:36
Dark for 6h 54m
Thu 20th Feb
Third Quarter
57 % illuminated
Dark from 18:42 to 02:49
Dark for 8h 6m
Fri 21st Feb
Third Quarter
47 % illuminated
Dark from 18:44 to 03:57
Dark for 9h 12m
Sat 22nd Feb
Third Quarter
38 % illuminated
Dark from 18:46 to 04:56
Dark for 10h 9m
Sun 23rd Feb
Waning Crescent
28 % illuminated
Dark from 18:47 to 05:42
Dark for 10h 54m
Mon 24th Feb
Waning Crescent
19 % illuminated
Dark from 18:49 to 05:46
Dark for 10h 56m
Tue 25th Feb
Waning Crescent
12 % illuminated
Dark from 18:51 to 05:44
Dark for 10h 52m
Wed 26th Feb
Waning Crescent
6 % illuminated
Dark from 18:52 to 05:42
Dark for 10h 49m
Thu 27th Feb
New Moon
2 % illuminated
Dark from 18:54 to 05:40
Dark for 10h 45m
Fri 28th Feb
New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 18:56 to 05:37
Dark for 10h 40m
Sat 1st Mar
New Moon
1 % illuminated
Dark from 20:03 to 05:35
Dark for 9h 32m
Sun 2nd Mar
Waxing Crescent
5 % illuminated
Dark from 21:33 to 05:33
Dark for 8h 0m
Mon 3rd Mar
Waxing Crescent
12 % illuminated
Dark from 23:03 to 05:31
Dark for 6h 28m
Tue 4th Mar
Waxing Crescent
21 % illuminated
Dark from 00:34 to 05:29
Dark for 4h 55m
Wed 5th Mar
First Quarter
31 % illuminated
Dark from 02:01 to 05:27
Dark for 3h 26m
Thu 6th Mar
First Quarter
42 % illuminated
Dark from 03:18 to 05:25
Dark for 2h 7m
Fri 7th Mar
First Quarter
53 % illuminated
Dark from 04:17 to 05:23
Dark for 1h 6m
Sat 8th Mar
First Quarter
64 % illuminated
Dark from 05:00 to 05:20
Dark for 0h 20m
Sun 9th Mar
Waxing Gibbous
74 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Mon 10th Mar
Waxing Gibbous
83 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Tue 11th Mar
Waxing Gibbous
90 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Wed 12th Mar
Waxing Gibbous
95 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Thu 13th Mar
Full Moon
98 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Fri 14th Mar
Full Moon
100 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Sat 15th Mar
Full Moon
100 % illuminated
Dark from 19:21 to 19:46
Dark for 0h 24m
Sun 16th Mar
Full Moon
97 % illuminated
Dark from 19:23 to 20:56
Dark for 1h 32m
Mon 17th Mar
Waning Gibbous
93 % illuminated
Dark from 19:24 to 22:07
Dark for 2h 42m
Tue 18th Mar
Waning Gibbous
88 % illuminated
Dark from 19:26 to 23:21
Dark for 3h 54m
Wed 19th Mar
Waning Gibbous
81 % illuminated
Dark from 19:28 to 00:33
Dark for 5h 4m
Thu 20th Mar
Waning Gibbous
73 % illuminated
Dark from 19:30 to 01:44
Dark for 6h 13m
Fri 21st Mar
Third Quarter
64 % illuminated
Dark from 19:32 to 02:46
Dark for 7h 13m
Sat 22nd Mar
Third Quarter
55 % illuminated
Dark from 19:33 to 03:36
Dark for 8h 2m
Sun 23rd Mar
Third Quarter
45 % illuminated
Dark from 19:35 to 04:13
Dark for 8h 37m
Mon 24th Mar
Third Quarter
35 % illuminated
Dark from 19:37 to 04:40
Dark for 9h 2m
Tue 25th Mar
Waning Crescent
25 % illuminated
Dark from 19:39 to 04:41
Dark for 9h 1m
Wed 26th Mar
Waning Crescent
16 % illuminated
Dark from 19:40 to 04:38
Dark for 8h 57m
Thu 27th Mar
Waning Crescent
9 % illuminated
Dark from 19:42 to 04:36
Dark for 8h 53m
Fri 28th Mar
New Moon
3 % illuminated
Dark from 19:44 to 04:34
Dark for 8h 49m
Sat 29th Mar
New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 19:46 to 04:31
Dark for 8h 44m
Sun 30th Mar
New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 20:31 to 04:29
Dark for 7h 58m
Mon 31st Mar
New Moon
4 % illuminated
Dark from 22:06 to 04:26
Dark for 6h 20m
Tue 1st Apr
Waxing Crescent
10 % illuminated
Dark from 23:39 to 04:24
Dark for 4h 45m
Wed 2nd Apr
Waxing Crescent
18 % illuminated
Dark from 01:04 to 04:21
Dark for 3h 17m
Thu 3rd Apr
Waxing Crescent
27 % illuminated
Dark from 02:11 to 04:19
Dark for 2h 8m
Fri 4th Apr
First Quarter
38 % illuminated
Dark from 03:00 to 04:16
Dark for 1h 16m
Sat 5th Apr
First Quarter
49 % illuminated
Dark from 03:34 to 04:14
Dark for 0h 40m
Sun 6th Apr
First Quarter
59 % illuminated
Dark from 03:57 to 04:11
Dark for 0h 14m
Mon 7th Apr
Waxing Gibbous
69 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Tue 8th Apr
Waxing Gibbous
78 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Wed 9th Apr
Waxing Gibbous
86 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Thu 10th Apr
Waxing Gibbous
92 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Fri 11th Apr
Full Moon
96 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Sat 12th Apr
Full Moon
99 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Sun 13th Apr
Full Moon
100 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Mon 14th Apr
Full Moon
99 % illuminated
Dark from 20:17 to 21:08
Dark for 0h 50m
Tue 15th Apr
Full Moon
96 % illuminated
Dark from 20:19 to 22:21
Dark for 2h 1m
Wed 16th Apr
Waning Gibbous
92 % illuminated
Dark from 20:21 to 23:33
Dark for 3h 11m
Thu 17th Apr
Waning Gibbous
86 % illuminated
Dark from 20:23 to 00:37
Dark for 4h 13m
Fri 18th Apr
Waning Gibbous
79 % illuminated
Dark from 20:25 to 01:31
Dark for 5h 5m
Sat 19th Apr
Waning Gibbous
70 % illuminated
Dark from 20:27 to 02:12
Dark for 5h 44m
Sun 20th Apr
Third Quarter
61 % illuminated
Dark from 20:29 to 02:41
Dark for 6h 11m
Mon 21st Apr
Third Quarter
51 % illuminated
Dark from 20:31 to 03:04
Dark for 6h 32m