Drawing by Deirdre Kellegnan, featured as "Lunar Photo of the Day"

"I would have liked to do a pastel drawing of the Solstice Crescent Moon but it was too cold. To shorten my drawing time I choose to use pencils. The diameter was determined by a cereal bowl , approx 4 inches. The wonderful Mare Nectaris, was one of the best defined areas. Fracastorius showed its horseshoe edging out of the terminator. Piccolomini's central mountain was wrapped in shadows which created its circular shape. Seeing was not so good, Earthshine was just visible but no details stood out in the dark body of the Solstice Moon as one would expect. " said the artist.

Thank you Deirdre for sharing this wonderful drawing with us!