SAAO Observing Rota for January 2026
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	Lesedi	IRSF	SALT
	Dec	Wed	31	91
	Jan	Thu	1	96			Queue
	Jan	Fri	2	99			Schedule
	Jan	Sat	3	99
	Jan	Sun	4	97
	Jan	Mon	5	91			Mookodi
	Jan	Tue	6	84
	Jan	Wed	7	76
	Jan	Thu	8	66	Winkler	Sicakafoose	Queue
	Jan	Fri	9	57			Schedule
	Jan	Sat	10	47		SHOC
	Jan	Sun	11	38
	Jan	Mon	12	29	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Jan	Tue	13	21
	Jan	Wed	14	14
	Jan	Thu	15	8	Tampo		Queue
	Jan	Fri	16	4			Schedule
	Jan	Sat	17	1
	Jan	Sun	18	0
	Jan	Mon	19	1	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Jan	Tue	20	4
	Jan	Wed	21	10
	Jan	Thu	22	17	Groot		Queue
	Jan	Fri	23	25			Schedule
	Jan	Sat	24	35
	Jan	Sun	25	46
	Jan	Mon	26	58	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Jan	Tue	27	69
	Jan	Wed	28	79
	Jan	Thu	29	88			Queue
	Jan	Fri	30	94			Schedule
	Jan	Sat	31	98
	Feb	Sun	1	100
	Feb	Mon	2	99			Mookodi
	Feb	Tue	3	95
	The percentage of Moon illuminated at local midnight is shown in column 4. Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers. Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold. 01 January: New Year's Day