Get the Current Moon Phase Emoji (Live Tool + Any Date)

Found yourself gazing at the stars and moon, then scrambling to find the perfect emoji to match tonight’s shape of the moon? Looking to insert today’s moon emoji (🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑) — without having to look up first the moon’s age, then the appropriate emoji? Find here the current moon phase emoji to copy and paste with a live tool ⤓ (as well as the correct emoji for any date other than today).

Get the Current Moon Phase Emoji (Live Tool + Copy/Paste for Any Date)

To get the current moon phase emoji, copy it below. Change the date to get the emoji for another day.

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Approximate Appearance in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres

The appearance of the moon and its phase in the sky depends on your location on Earth, of course. In particular, whether you look up from the Southern or the Northern Hemisphere switches the appearance of the moon’s lit portion relative to you during partial illumination.

All Moon Phase Emoji

Moon Phase Unicode Characters

Unicode includes two characters for moon phases as well:

Other Moon Emoji

Get the Current Phase of the Moon Emoji: FAQ

Is the moon phase calculator above always correct?

No.

Moon phases are subject to variations, both short- and long-term. The calculator to get the current moon phase above uses a version of the algorithm found in the April 1994 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.

To get the precisely correct moon phase emoji for the current time as well as for an arbitrary date:

1. Look up the moon phase on an astronomical site or in a astronomical charts.
   Here’s where: You can turn to Timeanddate.com or MoonCalc.org, for example.
2. Copy the corresponding moon emoji above.

(First published November 2024, last updated May 2026)