The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.
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.
Sat 4th Jan Waxing Crescent
19 % illuminated
Dark from 21:57 to 06:59
Dark for 9h 2m
Sun 5th Jan Waxing Crescent
28 % illuminated
Dark from 23:24 to 06:59
Dark for 7h 35m
Mon 6th Jan First Quarter
39 % illuminated
Dark from 00:51 to 06:58
Dark for 6h 7m
Tue 7th Jan First Quarter
50 % illuminated
Dark from 02:20 to 06:58
Dark for 4h 38m
Wed 8th Jan First Quarter
61 % illuminated
Dark from 03:52 to 06:58
Dark for 3h 6m
Thu 9th Jan Waxing Gibbous
72 % illuminated
Dark from 05:25 to 06:57
Dark for 1h 32m
Fri 10th Jan Waxing Gibbous
82 % illuminated
Dark from 06:50 to 06:57
Dark for 0h 7m
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 17:48 to 18:09
Dark for 0h 20m
Thu 16th Jan Waning Gibbous
95 % illuminated
Dark from 17:49 to 19:31
Dark for 1h 41m
Fri 17th Jan Waning Gibbous
90 % illuminated
Dark from 17:51 to 20:48
Dark for 2h 56m
Sat 18th Jan Waning Gibbous
83 % illuminated
Dark from 17:52 to 22:02
Dark for 4h 9m
Sun 19th Jan Waning Gibbous
76 % illuminated
Dark from 17:54 to 23:15
Dark for 5h 20m
Mon 20th Jan Third Quarter
67 % illuminated
Dark from 17:55 to 00:27
Dark for 6h 31m
Tue 21st Jan Third Quarter
58 % illuminated
Dark from 17:57 to 01:42
Dark for 7h 44m
Wed 22nd Jan Third Quarter
49 % illuminated
Dark from 17:58 to 02:58
Dark for 8h 59m
Thu 23rd Jan Third Quarter
39 % illuminated
Dark from 18:00 to 04:16
Dark for 10h 15m
Fri 24th Jan Waning Crescent
30 % illuminated
Dark from 18:01 to 05:33
Dark for 11h 31m
Sat 25th Jan Waning Crescent
22 % illuminated
Dark from 18:03 to 06:41
Dark for 12h 37m
Sun 26th Jan Waning Crescent
14 % illuminated
Dark from 18:05 to 06:42
Dark for 12h 36m
Mon 27th Jan Waning Crescent
8 % illuminated
Dark from 18:06 to 06:41
Dark for 12h 34m
Tue 28th Jan New Moon
3 % illuminated
Dark from 18:08 to 06:40
Dark for 12h 31m
Wed 29th Jan New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 18:10 to 06:38
Dark for 12h 27m
Thu 30th Jan New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 18:11 to 06:37
Dark for 12h 25m
Fri 31st Jan New Moon
3 % illuminated
Dark from 19:38 to 06:36
Dark for 10h 58m
Sat 1st Feb Waxing Crescent
8 % illuminated
Dark from 21:08 to 06:34
Dark for 9h 26m
Sun 2nd Feb Waxing Crescent
15 % illuminated
Dark from 22:37 to 06:33
Dark for 7h 56m
Mon 3rd Feb Waxing Crescent
24 % illuminated
Dark from 00:07 to 06:31
Dark for 6h 24m
Tue 4th Feb First Quarter
35 % illuminated
Dark from 01:39 to 06:30
Dark for 4h 51m
Wed 5th Feb First Quarter
46 % illuminated
Dark from 03:11 to 06:28
Dark for 3h 17m
Thu 6th Feb First Quarter
58 % illuminated
Dark from 04:38 to 06:26
Dark for 1h 48m
Fri 7th Feb First Quarter
68 % illuminated
Dark from 05:51 to 06:25
Dark for 0h 34m
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 18:37 to 19:44
Dark for 1h 6m
Sat 15th Feb Waning Gibbous
94 % illuminated
Dark from 18:39 to 20:57
Dark for 2h 17m
Sun 16th Feb Waning Gibbous
89 % illuminated
Dark from 18:41 to 22:10
Dark for 3h 28m
Mon 17th Feb Waning Gibbous
82 % illuminated
Dark from 18:43 to 23:24
Dark for 4h 40m
Tue 18th Feb Waning Gibbous
75 % illuminated
Dark from 18:44 to 00:39
Dark for 5h 54m
Wed 19th Feb Third Quarter
66 % illuminated
Dark from 18:46 to 01:57
Dark for 7h 10m
Thu 20th Feb Third Quarter
57 % illuminated
Dark from 18:48 to 03:14
Dark for 8h 25m
Fri 21st Feb Third Quarter
47 % illuminated
Dark from 18:50 to 04:25
Dark for 9h 34m
Sat 22nd Feb Third Quarter
38 % illuminated
Dark from 18:52 to 05:25
Dark for 10h 32m
Sun 23rd Feb Waning Crescent
28 % illuminated
Dark from 18:54 to 05:54
Dark for 10h 59m
Mon 24th Feb Waning Crescent
19 % illuminated
Dark from 18:55 to 05:52
Dark for 10h 56m
Tue 25th Feb Waning Crescent
12 % illuminated
Dark from 18:57 to 05:50
Dark for 10h 52m
Wed 26th Feb Waning Crescent
6 % illuminated
Dark from 18:59 to 05:47
Dark for 10h 47m
Thu 27th Feb New Moon
2 % illuminated
Dark from 19:01 to 05:45
Dark for 10h 43m
Fri 28th Feb New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 19:03 to 05:43
Dark for 10h 39m
Sat 1st Mar New Moon
1 % illuminated
Dark from 20:11 to 05:41
Dark for 9h 30m
Sun 2nd Mar Waxing Crescent
5 % illuminated
Dark from 21:45 to 05:38
Dark for 7h 53m
Mon 3rd Mar Waxing Crescent
12 % illuminated
Dark from 23:20 to 05:36
Dark for 6h 16m
Tue 4th Mar Waxing Crescent
21 % illuminated
Dark from 00:55 to 05:34
Dark for 4h 39m
Wed 5th Mar First Quarter
31 % illuminated
Dark from 02:26 to 05:31
Dark for 3h 5m
Thu 6th Mar First Quarter
42 % illuminated
Dark from 03:46 to 05:29
Dark for 1h 43m
Fri 7th Mar First Quarter
53 % illuminated
Dark from 04:45 to 05:27
Dark for 0h 42m
Sat 8th Mar First Quarter
64 % illuminated
Dark from 19:18 to 05:24
Dark for 10h 5m
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 19:31 to 19:55
Dark for 0h 23m
Sun 16th Mar Full Moon
97 % illuminated
Dark from 19:33 to 21:09
Dark for 1h 35m
Mon 17th Mar Waning Gibbous
93 % illuminated
Dark from 19:35 to 22:23
Dark for 2h 47m
Tue 18th Mar Waning Gibbous
88 % illuminated
Dark from 19:37 to 23:41
Dark for 4h 3m
Wed 19th Mar Waning Gibbous
81 % illuminated
Dark from 19:39 to 00:57
Dark for 5h 17m
Thu 20th Mar Waning Gibbous
73 % illuminated
Dark from 19:41 to 02:10
Dark for 6h 28m
Fri 21st Mar Third Quarter
64 % illuminated
Dark from 19:43 to 03:14
Dark for 7h 30m
Sat 22nd Mar Third Quarter
55 % illuminated
Dark from 19:45 to 04:03
Dark for 8h 17m
Sun 23rd Mar Third Quarter
45 % illuminated
Dark from 19:47 to 04:37
Dark for 8h 49m
Mon 24th Mar Third Quarter
35 % illuminated
Dark from 19:49 to 04:44
Dark for 8h 54m
Tue 25th Mar Waning Crescent
25 % illuminated
Dark from 19:51 to 04:41
Dark for 8h 49m
Wed 26th Mar Waning Crescent
16 % illuminated
Dark from 19:53 to 04:39
Dark for 8h 45m
Thu 27th Mar Waning Crescent
9 % illuminated
Dark from 19:55 to 04:36
Dark for 8h 40m
Fri 28th Mar New Moon
3 % illuminated
Dark from 19:57 to 04:33
Dark for 8h 35m
Sat 29th Mar New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 19:59 to 04:31
Dark for 8h 31m
Sun 30th Mar New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 20:46 to 04:28
Dark for 7h 42m
Mon 31st Mar New Moon
4 % illuminated
Dark from 22:25 to 04:25
Dark for 6h 0m
Tue 1st Apr Waxing Crescent
10 % illuminated
Dark from 00:03 to 04:23
Dark for 4h 20m
Wed 2nd Apr Waxing Crescent
18 % illuminated
Dark from 01:31 to 04:20
Dark for 2h 49m
Thu 3rd Apr Waxing Crescent
27 % illuminated
Dark from 02:39 to 04:17
Dark for 1h 38m
Fri 4th Apr First Quarter
38 % illuminated
Dark from 03:26 to 04:14
Dark for 0h 48m
Sat 5th Apr First Quarter
49 % illuminated
Dark from 03:56 to 04:12
Dark for 0h 16m
Sun 6th Apr First Quarter
59 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
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 20:34 to 21:27
Dark for 0h 52m
Tue 15th Apr Full Moon
96 % illuminated
Dark from 20:36 to 22:43
Dark for 2h 6m
Wed 16th Apr Waning Gibbous
92 % illuminated
Dark from 20:39 to 23:58
Dark for 3h 18m
Thu 17th Apr Waning Gibbous
86 % illuminated
Dark from 20:41 to 01:05
Dark for 4h 23m
Fri 18th Apr Waning Gibbous
79 % illuminated
Dark from 20:43 to 01:59
Dark for 5h 15m
Sat 19th Apr Waning Gibbous
70 % illuminated
Dark from 20:46 to 02:37
Dark for 5h 50m
Sun 20th Apr Third Quarter
61 % illuminated
Dark from 20:48 to 03:03
Dark for 6h 14m
Mon 21st Apr Third Quarter
51 % illuminated
Dark from 20:51 to 03:21
Dark for 6h 29m
Tue 22nd Apr Third Quarter
40 % illuminated
Dark from 20:53 to 03:24
Dark for 6h 30m
Wed 23rd Apr Waning Crescent
30 % illuminated
Dark from 20:55 to 03:21
Dark for 6h 25m
Thu 24th Apr Waning Crescent
20 % illuminated
Dark from 20:58 to 03:18
Dark for 6h 19m