SAAO Observing Rota for December 2016
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	IRSF	SALT	Duty  Astronomer
	Nov	Wed	30	2
	Dec	Thu	1	5	Crause	Southworth			Crause
	Dec	Fri	2	10
	Dec	Sat	3	17
	Dec	Sun	4	25
	Dec	Mon	5	34	SpUpNIC	STE4
	Dec	Tue	6	45
	Dec	Wed	7	55
	Dec	Thu	8	66	Crause	Southworth			Crause
	Dec	Fri	9	77
	Dec	Sat	10	86
	Dec	Sun	11	93
	Dec	Mon	12	98	SpUpNIC	STE4
	Dec	Tue	13	100
	Dec	Wed	14	99
	Dec	Thu	15	95
	Dec	Fri	16	88
	Dec	Sat	17	80
	Dec	Sun	18	71
	Dec	Mon	19	61
	Dec	Tue	20	51
	Dec	Wed	21	41
	Dec	Thu	22	32	Bankowicz
	Dec	Fri	23	24	[ ? ]
	Dec	Sat	24	17
	Dec	Sun	25	10
	Dec	Mon	26	5	SHOC
	Dec	Tue	27	2
	Dec	Wed	28	0
	Dec	Thu	29	1	Bankowicz
	Dec	Fri	30	3
	Dec	Sat	31	7
	Jan	Sun	1	13
	Jan	Mon	2	20	SHOC
	Jan	Tue	3	29
	The percentage of Moon illuminated at local midnight is shown in column 4. Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers. Dates of Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold. 16 December: Day of Reconcillation; 25 December: Christmas Day; 26 December: Day of Goodwill, 2 Jan: Public Holiday.