Perfect time and location tonight. There was not only a full moon, but also a full eclipse of the moon around 8:30pm, a Blood Moon. The captain dropped anchor and turned off all the lights on the back pool deck for us to view the phenomenon. The event happened towards the end of dinner so desert was forfeited and everyone headed for the back deck where the bar was open and trays of chocolates & petit fours were available. Unfortunately, a thin film of cloud was in the way to mess up photo opportunities, but we could see the full eclipse. The moon was actually orange-red and a beautiful sight. The stars were beautiful with Deneb and Altair in view, but the Southern Cross wouldn’t show up until early morning. The stars are brilliant when there isn’t any city light pollution to dim the view. In 2 days we’ll have a sea day and Tua, our Cook Island Master Navigator on board will do a star gazing event at night where there likely won’t be any clouds to ruin it. The anchor somehow got caught and couldn’t be raised and, currently at 10:15pm, we were still stuck but eventually they got it loose and we were on our way.