A Moon for each of you
Family Moons
Add up to six names and dates (births, the day you met, the wedding) and see each Moon exactly as it was, side by side on one print.
Start with your occasion
Start with your occasion
The studio opens ready for your night.
Pick the occasion and the family moons opens with the words, the paper and the photograph made for it. Change anything you like; the preview follows every change.
In one paragraph
What is a family moons?
Family Moons is a moon phase print for a whole family. For each person you add a name and a date, and we draw the real Moon of that night over your home town: lit for its true phase from NASA's surface maps and turned as it stood in the sky. One to six Moons sit side by side, each with its name, date and phase, under your family name and the place you call home.
- 1–6
- Moons on one print, each with its own date
- NASA
- surface maps, lit by the Sun of each night
- 17
- languages and scripts
- 300
- dpi, sharp up to 30×40 in
How it works
- 1
Add your family
A name and a date for each person, from one to six. Births, the day you met, the wedding, the day a pet came home.
- 2
Choose home and words
The town you call home, your family name and a line of your own. Every Moon turns as you type.
- 3
Print it, or have it framed
The file arrives in minutes. Print it anywhere, or upload it to a framing service in your country.
On real walls
These are live previews, not stock pictures: type a date in the editor and the print in every photograph changes with it.
A mother laughing as she holds her framed Family Moons print at a garden brunch 
A family in pyjamas looking up at a Family Moons print above the fireplace 
A Family Moons print in a thin brass frame above a walnut console in a sunlit hallway 
A father showing a framed Family Moons print to the mother holding their newborn
Framed at your door
One click to a framed print, made in United States.
Your file is yours the moment you pay. From the download page, one click takes you straight to a print studio near you: upload the file, pick the paper, size and frame, and they deliver it framed and packed to your door.
- Printed in your countryso there are no customs or import fees
- Short trip to your doorfar less chance of damage on the way
- Fast deliveryfrom a studio near you, not across an ocean
- Your choicepaper, canvas, metal, acrylic; any size and frame
Print and frame studios that deliver in United States:
- WhiteWallframed from $49.95
Upload the PNG, choose paper or acrylic, aluminium, canvas, the size to the centimetre and one of 100 frames. Made in Germany, delivered to your door.
- Framebridgeframed from $50
Upload the PNG, choose the frame and mat; they print it on archival paper, frame it by hand and ship it free, gift-boxed.
- Mpixframed from $38
Upload the PNG, choose the photo paper, mat and frame. Framed in Kansas, ships in 2–3 business days.
- myposter
Upload the PNG, pick paper, size and one of their frames; printed and framed in Germany and sent to you.
Have your own print shop? Take the file anywhere: it is 300 dpi and prints sharp up to 30×40 in. We may earn a small commission from these partners; it never changes your price.
Questions about the family moons
How many Moons can I add?
From one to six. One stands alone and large, two sit side by side, three in a row, four in a square, five as three over two and six in two rows of three, so the print stays balanced. You can also turn the sheet on its side (4:3): then up to four Moons sit in one row.
Can each person have a different place?
All the Moons on one print are drawn over the same place, the town you call home. The phase of the Moon is the same everywhere on a given night, so each Moon is still true to its date.
What time is each Moon drawn for?
Each Moon is drawn at 9 pm local time on its date. The phase changes very little within a day, so the Moon looks as it did that evening.
Who is it for?
It is made for Mother's Day and Father's Day, for grandparents with a Moon for every grandchild, and for the day a new baby joins the family.
What do I receive?
A print-ready 300 dpi PNG file of your Family Moons print, by download and by email, usually within a few minutes of paying.
Can I have it printed and framed?
Yes. After checkout you get links to print services in your own country (for example WhiteWall, Framebridge, Mpix or myposter). You upload the file there, choose the paper, size and frame, and they deliver it to your door. Printing locally means no customs, no transit damage and fast delivery. You can also take the file to any print shop you like.
What size can I print?
The file is 9,000 × 12,000 px: a true 300 dpi at 30×40 in (75×100 cm), so every smaller size is sharp too. The print guide lists every size for each shape.
More from the same night
- Star mapPick a date and a place and watch the real night sky turn to that exact moment, then make it a print.See Star map
- The MoonThe Moon exactly as it looked on your night, lit for its true phase and turned as it stood over your place.See The Moon
- Star map + MoonThe real night sky of your moment and, beneath it, the Moon of that night in its true phase, on one print.See Star map + Moon
- Natal chartThe birth chart of any moment, computed with the Swiss Ephemeris and drawn over the real sky of that night: planets, houses, rising sign and the Moon.See Natal chart
A Moon for each of you.
Free to design and preview. You only pay when it is exactly right.
Design your Family Moons