SAAO Observing Rota for October 2025
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	Lesedi	IRSF	SALT
	Oct	Wed	1	68
	Oct	Thu	2	78			Queue
	Oct	Fri	3	86			Schedule
	Oct	Sat	4	93
	Oct	Sun	5	98
	Oct	Mon	6	100			Mookodi
	Oct	Tue	7	99
	Oct	Wed	8	95
	Oct	Thu	9	88			Queue
	Oct	Fri	10	80		Sickafoose	Schedule
	Oct	Sat	11	70		SHOC
	Oct	Sun	12	59
	Oct	Mon	13	48			Mookodi
	Oct	Tue	14	37		Kilkenny
	Oct	Wed	15	27
	Oct	Thu	16	19	Groot		Queue
	Oct	Fri	17	12			Schedule
	Oct	Sat	18	6
	Oct	Sun	19	2		SHOC
	Oct	Mon	20	0	HIPPO		Mookodi
	Oct	Tue	21	0		Sickafoose
	Oct	Wed	22	2
	Oct	Thu	23	5	Groot		Queue
	Oct	Fri	24	10			Schedule
	Oct	Sat	25	16		SHOC
	Oct	Sun	26	24
	Oct	Mon	27	32	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Oct	Tue	28	42
	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.