Waxing crescent moon Emoji

Travel

A dark sphere with a thin, bright sliver of light illuminating its right edge. It depicts the moon during its first visible stage after a new moon, as it begins its transition toward a full cycle.

Usage Context

Used to represent nighttime, evening plans, or the passage of time. It is a common shorthand for sleep or celestial events and pairs naturally with other lunar phases like the full moon or the new moon to illustrate the progression of a month or a countdown.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this emoji originated from early Japanese mobile carrier sets. It was designed to help users quickly communicate evening schedules or late-night messages without typing out full sentences, reflecting the shorthand habits prevalent in early 2000s SMS culture.

Details

Glyph

🌒

Unicode

U+1F312

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f312:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF12;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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