Waxing gibbous moon Emoji

Travel

A moon icon shown in its waxing gibbous phase, where the disk is mostly illuminated with a small dark crescent on the left side. It represents the lunar cycle during the period between the first quarter moon and a full moon.

Usage Context

Frequently used to discuss night-time activities, evening plans, or upcoming lunar events. It is a staple in messages regarding sleep, outdoor camping, or late-night thoughts. Often paired with 🌕 to indicate a progression toward a full moon or 🌔's counterpart, the 🌘 waning gibbous moon.

History

Part of the original set of moon phase emojis added to the Unicode standard in 2010. These designs were inspired by early 2000s Japanese cellular phone pictographs, which utilized standard lunar phases to help users describe the current time or celestial events in a simple, visual shorthand.

Details

Glyph

🌔

Unicode

U+1F314

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f314:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF14;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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