The eye is drawn first to the low moon and the bright track it lays across the calm water, then to the two figures seated on rocks in the foreground, seen from behind and reduced to silhouette against the lit surface. A rowing boat is moored at the left; at the right, an upright post stands among dark rocks. Across the water, the low islands of the inner Oslofjord run along the horizon, the Nesodden peninsula lying behind them. The light is behind the scene, so the foreground falls to near-black while the water and sky hold the lighter tones; contrast is high between the dark shore and the lit water.