Complete information on astronomical events is located in the Idaho Skies newsletter. Complete information on club meetings can be found in the Clubs link.
June
- 3 - New Moon
- 3 - Moon at perigee (221,985 miles away, expect larger than average tides)
- 4 - Idaho Tripoli Meeting, 6:30 PM at Hobby Town, Boise
- 5 - Easy Star Gazing Class, 7:00 PM (Library! at Collister)
- 6 - Beehive star cluster 7 lunar diameters to upper left of moon (evening)
- 7 - Boise Astronomical Society Star Party, Dedication Point
- 7 - Mars 5 lunar diameters from moon's upper right
- 8 - Moon, Regulus, and Saturn form small triangle (evening)
- 10 - Moon at first quarter
- 11 - Easy Star Gazing Class, 7:00 PM (Library! at Hillcrest)
- 13 - Boise Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Discovery Center, Boise
- 14 - Magic Valley Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Herrett Center, Twin Falls
- 16 - Moon at apogee (252,418 miles away)
- 16 - Antares just above the moon (evening)
- 18 - Full Moon (Rose Moon)
- 19/20 - Jupiter to left of moon (midnight to morning)
- 20 - Summer begins (5:00 PM)
- 23 - Neptune to right of the moon (morning)
- 25 - Idaho Falls Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Idaho Falls Public Library
- 25 - Pocatello Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Pocatello Public Library
- 26 - Moon at last quarter
- 27/28 - Craters of the Moon Star Party (Idaho Falls Astronomical Society)
- 28 - Boise Astronomical Society Star Party, Dedication Point
July
- 1 - Regulus, Saturn, and Mars close together in low west (evening)
- 1 - Moon at perigee (223,391 miles away)
- 2 - New Moon
- 2 - Idaho Tripoli Meeting, 6:30 PM at Hobby Town, Boise
- 4 - Earth at aphelion (94,512,947 miles from the sun)
- 6 - Moon, Regulus, Saturn, and Mars close together in low west (evening)
- 9 - Moon at first quarter
- 11 - Boise Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Discovery Center, Boise
- 12 - Magic Valley Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Herrett Center, Twin Falls
- 13 - Moon near Antares
- 13 - Moon at apogee (251,936 miles away)
- 16 - Moon near Jupiter
- 18 - Full Moon (Thunder Moon)
- 23 - Idaho Falls Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Idaho Falls Public Library
- 23 - Pocatello Astronomical Society Meeting, 7:00 PM at Pocatello Public Library
- 25 - Moon at third quarter
- 27 - Moon near Pleiades (morning)
- 29 - Moon at second perigee for the month (226,106 miles away)
- 29/30 - South Delta-Aquarid meteor shower (morning)