Last quarter moon Emoji

Travel

A dark sphere illuminated exactly on its left half, representing the moon during its third quarter phase. This phase occurs when the moon is waning and exactly halfway between a full moon and a new moon.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss night cycles, late-night conversations, or the passage of time. It acts as a bridge between the bright fullness of 🌕 and the total darkness of 🌑, making it a go-to for themes involving transition, sleep, or the evening sky.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this emoji was part of a broader push to standardize astronomical symbols for mobile devices. It traces its digital roots back to early Japanese mobile carrier sets, which required visual shorthand for weather reports and nocturnal activities.

Details

Glyph

🌗

Unicode

U+1F317

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f317:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF17;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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