Moon icon at the top of an iPhone: what does it mean?
On an iPhone it means Do Not Disturb is on.
What Apple says
- iPhone (Apple) — Do Not Disturb. Do Not Disturb is turned on. Apple adds that when you turn on any Focus, that Focus’s own icon appears in the status bar, so a bed, a person or another small picture in the same place is a different Focus.
Source: Apple Support: Learn the meaning of iPhone status icons (iPhone User Guide) (checked 2026-09-29)
- What it looks like
- A solid crescent moon.
- Shown by
- iPhone (Apple)
- On other phones
- Samsung’s Do not disturb icon is a circle with a minus sign, not a moon.
Icons to compare
Sources
Each meaning above is taken from the maker’s own support page, fetched and read on the date shown. The drawing is ours; the real icon on your phone may be drawn a little differently and can change with software updates.
- iPhone (Apple) — Apple Support: Learn the meaning of iPhone status icons (iPhone User Guide). OS: iOS 27, the version the guide opened on; not dated on the page. Checked 2026-09-29.