Strawberry Moon sketch.

The strawberry moon derives it's name from ancient tribes across Europe and from Native American peoples, as this was the time when wild strawberries were ripe for picking.

From the more Northern latitudes the Moon appears much lower on the horizon as the orbit of the moon around the Earth is almost the same as the Earth's orbit around the sun, about 5 degrees off and since there is more atmosphere to see it through, this can give it a reddish tinge. It will also appear "full" for three days due to the position of the Moon appearing to be "opposite" the Sun.

From the Southern hemisphere it sits much higher and we do not see the red tinge that may be observed from further north.
This full Moon is also known in the Southern Hemisphere as a Oak Moon, Cold Moon or Long night Moon.
It is also the sixth full Moon for this year.

The sketch is done with white/grey pastel sticks on A4 black sketch paper, the sketch is roughly the size of hand fully extended. It is cropped, captions and border added in photoshop.
I also added some colour to the sketch since it is a strawberry Moon!

Thanks for looking.