| SAAO Observing Rota for March 2018 | ||||||||
| Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | IRSF | SALT | Duty Astronomer |
| Feb | Wed | 28 | 98 | |||||
| Mar | Thu | 1 | 100 | Engineering | Zejda | Gilligan / | ||
| Mar | Fri | 2 | 99 | [Worters] | Matsunaga | |||
| Mar | Sat | 3 | 95 | |||||
| Mar | Sun | 4 | 89 | |||||
| Mar | Mon | 5 | 82 | Aluminising | STE4 | SIRIUS | ||
| Mar | Tue | 6 | 73 | |||||
| Mar | Wed | 7 | 64 | |||||
| Mar | Thu | 8 | 55 | Crause / | Zejda | Morihana | Crause | |
| Mar | Fri | 9 | 45 | Sefako | ||||
| Mar | Sat | 10 | 36 | |||||
| Mar | Sun | 11 | 27 | |||||
| Mar | Mon | 12 | 19 | SpUpNIC | STE4 | SIRIUS | ||
| Mar | Tue | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Mar | Wed | 14 | 7 | |||||
| Mar | Thu | 15 | 3 | Crause / | Kilkenny | Morihana | Sefako | |
| Mar | Fri | 16 | 0 | Sefako | ||||
| Mar | Sat | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Mar | Sun | 18 | 2 | |||||
| Mar | Mon | 19 | 6 | SpUpNIC | STE3 | SIRIUS | ||
| Mar | Tue | 20 | 12 | |||||
| Mar | Wed | 21 | 21 | |||||
| Mar | Thu | 22 | 30 | Engelbrecht | Potter+ | Morihana | ||
| Mar | Fri | 23 | 41 | |||||
| Mar | Sat | 24 | 52 | |||||
| Mar | Sun | 25 | 64 | |||||
| Mar | Mon | 26 | 74 | SpUpNIC | SHOC | SIRIUS | ||
| Mar | Tue | 27 | 84 | |||||
| Mar | Wed | 28 | 91 | |||||
| Mar | Thu | 29 | 97 | Engelbrecht | Potter+ | Sugitani | ||
| Mar | Fri | 30 | 99 | |||||
| Mar | Sat | 31 | 100 | |||||
| Apr | Sun | 1 | 97 | |||||
| Apr | Mon | 2 | 93 | SpUpNIC | SHOC | SirPol | ||
| Apr | Tue | 3 | 87 | |||||
| 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. 21 March: Human Rights Day; 30 March: Good Friday; 2 April: Family Day |
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