| SAAO Observing Rota for August 2026 | ||||||||
| Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | Lesedi | IRSF | SALT |
| Jul | Wed | 29 | 100 | |||||
| Jul | Thu | 30 | 98 | Groot | Queue | |||
| Jul | Fri | 31 | 95 | Schedule | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 1 | 89 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 2 | 81 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 3 | 72 | SpUpNIC | Mookodi | |||
| Aug | Tue | 4 | 62 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 5 | 51 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 6 | 40 | Queue | ||||
| Aug | Fri | 7 | 29 | Schedule | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 8 | 19 | Erasums | ||||
| Aug | Sun | 9 | 11 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 10 | 5 | Mookodi | ||||
| Aug | Tue | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 13 | 2 | Burleigh | Queue | |||
| Aug | Fri | 14 | 6 | Schedule | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 15 | 12 | HIPPO | ||||
| Aug | Sun | 16 | 20 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 17 | 28 | Winkler | SHOC | Mookodi | ||
| Aug | Tue | 18 | 38 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 19 | 47 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 20 | 57 | Queue | ||||
| Aug | Fri | 21 | 66 | Schedule | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 22 | 75 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 23 | 83 | Sickafoose | ||||
| Aug | Mon | 24 | 90 | SpUpNIC | Mookodi | |||
| Aug | Tue | 25 | 95 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 26 | 98 | SHOC | ||||
| Aug | Thu | 27 | 100 | Queue | ||||
| Aug | Fri | 28 | 99 | Erasums | Schedule | |||
| Aug | Sat | 29 | 96 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 30 | 91 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 31 | 84 | Mookodi | ||||
| Sep | Tue | 1 | 75 | HIPPO | ||||
| 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. 10 August: Women's Day |
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