Current Moon Phase as an Emoji (Copy & Paste)

Get today’s moon phase as an emoji. Copy and paste the moon emoji directly from below!

What Is the Current Moon Phase Emoji?

Right now the moon is at a specific point in its 29.5-day cycle. Each of the eight main phases maps to a distinct emoji in the Unicode standard. The current moon phase emoji is simply whichever of these eight symbols (🌑, 🌒, 🌓, 🌔, 🌕, 🌖, 🌗, 🌘) matches tonight’s actual lunar phase.

The live widget above calculates this automatically. No manual lookup needed. Just copy and go.

All 8 Moon Phase Emojis (Copy & Paste)

Unicode crescent symbols (non-emoji)

Moon Emoji with Faces

Moon Phase Emoji for the Password Game (Rule 13)

If you’re stuck on Rule 13 of Neal Agarwal’s The Password Game, you need the exact emoji for tonight’s current moon phase. The game checks your entry against real astronomical data.

How to beat Rule 13:

Look at the live widget at the top of this page; it shows tonight’s correct emoji.

• Copy it with one click.
• Paste it into your password field.

The game rejects the wrong phase. If your emoji doesn’t match what the moon is actually doing right now, it will fail. Always use a live calculator (like the one above) rather than guessing.

Why does the Password Game need the moon phase emoji?

The game pulls real-time lunar data to verify your answer. This means the correct emoji changes every few days as the moon moves through its cycle.

Northern vs. Southern Hemisphere: Which Emoji Is Right for You?

The moon phase is the same worldwide. If it’s a waxing crescent in London, it’s a waxing crescent in Sydney too. However, the visual appearance in the sky is mirrored between hemispheres:

In the Northern Hemisphere, the lit portion of the waxing crescent appears on the right side.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the same phase appears lit on the left side.

The standard Unicode moon emojis (🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘) are designed around a Northern Hemisphere perspective. If you’re in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, or South America, the crescent and gibbous emojis may look visually “backwards” compared to what you see in the sky, but the phase name and emoji are still astronomically correct.

Southern Hemisphere users: Use the same emoji as the Northern Hemisphere; the phase name is universal. If you’re trying to match the exact sky appearance, you would technically need a horizontally flipped version, which Unicode does not currently provide.

How Is the Moon Phase Calculated?

The moon’s phase on any given date is determined by the synodic period, the time it takes the moon to return to the same position relative to both Earth and the sun. This averages 29.53059 days (29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds).

To find the phase for a specific date, astronomers calculate the Moon’s age in days since the last New Moon, then map that age to one of the eight phases:

Accuracy note: Any algorithm-based calculator introduces a small margin of error near phase boundaries. Verify the data against NASA’s Daily Moon Phase Guide.