ASCII Art Gallery » sun
ASCII Art Sun: Copy and Paste
The sun with rays radiating outward. Below are three sizes you can copy straight to clipboard, plus a downloadable PNG version.
Small (37 cols x 18 lines)
██
██ ████ ██
█████ ██ ██ █████
██ ████████████ ██
███████████ ███████████
████████ ████████
████ ████
███ ███
███████ ███████
███████ ███████
███ ███
████ ████
████████ ████████
███████████ ███████████
██ ████████████ ██
█████ ██ ██ █████
██ ████ ██
██
Medium (56 cols x 26 lines)
██
█ ████ █
█████ ██ ██ █████
███████ ██ ██ ███████
██ ████████████████ ██
██ ████████████████████ ██
███████████████ ███████████████
████████████ ████████████
███ ███ ███ ███
█████ █████
███ ███
███████ ███████
██████ ███ ███ ██████
██████ ███ ███ ██████
███████ ███████
███ ███
█████ █████
███ ███ ███ ███
████████████ ████████████
████████████████ ████████████████
██ ████████████████████ ██
██ ████████████████ ██
███████ ██ ██ ███████
█████ ██ ██ █████
█ ████ █
██
Large (74 cols x 34 lines)
████
██████
████ ███ ███ ████
███████ ████ ████ ███████
███ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ███
███ ██████████████████████ ███
███ ██████████████████████ ███
██████████ ██████████
███████████████████ ███████████████████
████████████████ ████████████████
███ ███ ███ ███
████ ████ ████ ████
██████ ██████
█████ █████
███████ ███████
███████████ ███████████
██████ ██ ██ ██████
██████ ██ ██ ██████
███████████ ███████████
███████ ███████
█████ █████
██████ ██████
████ ████ ████ ████
███ ███ ███ ███
████████████████ ████████████████
███████████████████ ███████████████████
██████████ ██████████
███ ██████████████████████ ███
███ ██████████████████████ ███
███ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ███
███████ ████ ████ ███████
████ ███ ███ ████
██████
████
Sun ASCII art is a staple in morning motivation posts on Twitter/X, summer aesthetic communities on Tumblr, and outdoor and nature Discord servers. The circle with rays radiating outward is the universal solar symbol. Medium renders the rays with even spacing around the circle. Large gives the rays their full length. Small compresses the rays to short marks around the central circle but the sun design is unmistakable.
Want a custom version? Open the ASCII generator and convert any image into ASCII art with adjustable size, gamma, and character set.
Download as PNG · More ASCII art
Frequently asked questions
Where is sun ASCII art most commonly shared?
Morning routine and productivity Discord servers, summer and outdoor lifestyle communities, weather enthusiast accounts, solar energy and astronomy communities on Reddit, and posts for summer solstice each June.
Does the ray structure show at small size?
At small the rays are short characters extending outward from the circle. They are compact but evenly spaced and clearly read as sunrays. Medium and large give the rays proper length.
Can I use sun ASCII art in a wellness or morning routine post?
Yes. It works well in Discord daily check-in channels, morning motivation tweet threads, and wellness newsletter decorations. Small is compact for a text message wake-up greeting.
What we're reading
Project Hail Mary
★★★★★
From the author of The Martian. Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling.
Ryland Grace wakes up alone in space, millions of miles from home, with no memory of who he is or why he is there. His crewmates are dead. The mission confronting him is extinction-level. And he has one unexpected ally. Number one New York Times Bestseller. Over three million copies sold.
Get it on Amazon →As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Source emoji silhouette by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). ASCII conversion by inkmeascii.com.