SAAO Observing Rota for December 2018
Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	IRSF	SALT	Duty  Astronomer
Nov	Wed	28	62	Sickafoose (SHOC)	Sickafoose (SHOC)
Nov	Thu	29	51	Winkler	Buckley /		Eric
Nov	Fri	30	39		Volnova+
Dec	Sat	1	29
Dec	Sun	2	20
Dec	Mon	3	12	SpUpNIC	SHOC
Dec	Tue	4	6
Dec	Wed	5	2
Dec	Thu	6	0	Pienkowski	Volnova /		Ros
Dec	Fri	7	0	[Crause]	Buckley
Dec	Sat	8	3
Dec	Sun	9	6
Dec	Mon	10	12	SpUpNIC	SHOC
Dec	Tue	11	18
Dec	Wed	12	26
Dec	Thu	13	35	Van Jaarsveld	Burleigh		Encarni
Dec	Fri	14	44
Dec	Sat	15	54
Dec	Sun	16	63
Dec	Mon	17	73	SpUpNIC	SHOC
Dec	Tue	18	82
Dec	Wed	19	89
Dec	Thu	20	95		Burleigh		Alexi
Dec	Fri	21	99
Dec	Sat	22	100
Dec	Sun	23	98
Dec	Mon	24	93		SHOC
Dec	Tue	25	86
Dec	Wed	26	76
Dec	Thu	27	66		Medupe	Hatamkhani	Rudi
Dec	Fri	28	55		[??]
Dec	Sat	29	44
Dec	Sun	30	33
Dec	Mon	31	24		[Own?]	SIRIUS
Jan	Tue	1	16
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 Reconciliation; 17 December: Public Holiday; 25 December: Christmas Day; 26 December: Day of Goodwill, 1 January: New Year's Day.