Moon tattoo ideas

1,451 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 25% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a crescent moon outline, a solid black circle with white geometric linework, and a row of small symbols above it.
Geometric moon and symbols on a forearm
Small black tattoo of a pine tree inside a crescent moon, centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Pine tree and crescent moon on upper back
Traditional flash design of a red-crested songbird perched on an outstretched hand with a teal rose, a heart pendant and red nails.
Songbird perched on a hand
Colour tattoo of a turquoise owl perched on a bare branch before a grey moon, with purple swirls, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Turquoise owl and moon on a shoulder
Pencil sketch of a smiling shiba inu wearing a conical straw hat, with a sword, a moon, drifting petals and grass, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo.
Smiling shiba samurai in a straw hat
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a stylised face, filigree swirls, stars and dotted chains on the ribs.
Crescent moon with face on ribs
Black and grey crescent moon with shaded stars and tribal swirls tattooed on dark skin, sitting on the side of the torso.
Crescent moon and stars with tribal swirls
Black and grey castle tattoo with a full moon and mountains inside a dotted triangle, placed across the upper back.
Castle, moon and mountains on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a howling wolf in profile beside a smaller wolf silhouetted under a moon on a mountain, on the lower torso.
Howling wolf and mountain scene
Fine line black tattoo of a sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist, with black braided bracelets worn on the same arm.
Sun and crescent moon on a wrist
Black line drawing of a howling wolf in a faceted geometric style, with pine trees rising inside a circular moon, on a beige background.
Geometric howling wolf with pines in a moon
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
Fine line tattoo of two bird silhouettes on a blossoming branch under a crescent moon, with the script words to the moon and back, on the side ribs.
Birds on a branch with moon on the ribs
Black and white flash design of an ornate planchette with a central eye, sun, moon and stars, lettered OUIJA and AS ABOVE SO BELOW.
Ouija planchette with eye and celestial motifs
Black ink drawing of seven moon phases stacked in a vertical column, each filled with floral linework, on a sketchbook page beside a fineliner pen.
Seven moon phases with floral fills
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding an artist's palette, with a squirrel playing a guitar and a banner reading she's a rose, she's a pearl, set against stars
Mermaid with palette, squirrel and banner
Colour tattoo of a teal crescent moon with a blue lotus and dangling purple and pink gem drops on beaded chains, in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Crescent moon with lotus and gem drops
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a wrist, shown as a dotted chain bracelet with a diamond charm and a crescent moon.
Fine line bracelet and moon tattoo on wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded crescent moon with fine line circles and arrows on the forearm.
Moon and geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a crescent moon face and dangling dot chains and drops, tattooed on a lower leg.
Crescent moon mandala with dotwork on calf
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a vertical column of planets, including one ringed planet, running along a forearm.
Column of planets on a forearm
White line drawing of planets, a ringed Saturn, a sun with rays, stars and dotted clusters on a black background, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Celestial space motifs flash sheet
Realistic colour tattoo of a howling wolf in front of a large blue moon with bare branches, across the forearm, shown from two angles.
Howling wolf and moon on a forearm
Black and white dotwork drawing of a wolf in profile, its body filled with pine trees, mountains, a moon and a leaping hare, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Wolf silhouette filled with forest and mountains
Traditional style black and grey tattoo flash of a crying crescent moon face, a woman in profile with a rose and swallow in her hair, and the words I HOPE YOU'RE MISERABLE.
Crescent moon, woman and rose design
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon with lace-like detail, beaded strands, a star and a pentagram charm, set over a purple and blue watercolour wash.
Crescent moon with pentagram charm
Dotwork moon phase tattoos in black and grey across three fingers of a hand, with black nail polish.
Moon phases on three fingers
Black crescent moon tattoo on the upper back of a person with hair in a bun, seen from behind in a black crop top.
Crescent moon tattoo on upper back
Black ink flash design of a smiling sun with a face and a crescent moon decorated with mandala patterns, with dangling ornaments below, in fine line and dotwork style.
Sun and crescent moon with mandala detail
Black and white flash drawings of a yin yang with floral and geometric patterning and a sun with rays around a crescent moon with a face, with no body placement shown.
Yin yang and sun and moon tattoo designs
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with ornamental swirls on the inside of an ankle, shown in a close-up photo against a dark background.
Crescent moon with swirls on an ankle
Neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a crescent moon with a woman's face in profile, a black cat sitting on the crescent, and blue beaded chains below.
Crescent moon and black cat on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of five moon phases in a row across the back of a hand, photographed against a dark background.
Moon phases on the back of a hand
Black ink sun with a face and rays behind a woman's ear on the left, and a smaller crescent moon with a face in the same spot on the right.
Sun and moon behind the ear
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a mermaid holding a shell beside a moon, placed on the outer thigh.
Mermaid with shell on a thigh
Black and grey drawing of a barn owl perched on a wooden post in front of a full moon, with swirling vines and branches, designed as a tattoo.
Barn owl on a post with full moon
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a castle under a purple night sky, with a witch on a broom, on a leg.
Castle snow globe with a witch on a broom
Two small fine line tattoos in black ink, a sun on the left and a crescent moon on the right, each on skin beside a woven string bracelet.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos
Two clasped hands on a pebbled beach, showing a small black outline sun tattoo on the back of one hand and a small black crescent moon tattoo on the other wrist.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on clasped hands
Two people show matching black script tattoos on their ribs reading I love you to the moon and back, with a swirl and small heart.
Matching 'I love you to the moon and back' rib tattoos
Collage of four small finger tattoos on the hand: a colour unicorn horn with a pink bow, a blue crystal, a purple orb with an eye, and black line moon and pentacle designs in a fine line style.
Small finger tattoos of moon, crystal and eye
Fine line black tattoo of a circular emblem with a crescent moon, stars and a stylised figure, placed on the upper back.
Circular moon and star emblem on upper back
Small black fine line outline of a crescent moon tattooed on the side of a foot.
Small crescent moon outline on a foot
Black and grey realism style tattoo of two palm trees, a moon over a sea horizon and hibiscus flowers with leaves.
Palm trees and hibiscus flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling bear in front of a moonlit pine forest, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Snarling bear and forest on upper arm
Fine-lined brown ink drawing of a hare with antler-like branches and a moon behind it, surrounded by leaves, in a Neo-traditional botanical style.
Hare with leaves and antlers design
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Black line-art sheet titled Moon Glyphs, showing labelled symbols such as Hope, Fire and Water above a row of moon phase designs from new moon to waning crescent.
Moon glyphs and phase symbols design sheet