New moon Emoji

Travel

A dark, pitch-black circle representing the new moon phase. This icon shows the lunar disk entirely hidden from view as it passes between the Earth and the sun.

Usage Context

Used to represent darkness, midnight, or the start of a lunar cycle. It is frequently sent to signal that it is time for sleep, to describe a void, or to accompany spooky or mysterious messages. It pairs well with other phases like 🌕 or the ✨ sparkle emoji to illustrate the passing of time.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial emoji rollout, this icon stems from early Japanese weather and celestial tracking systems. It was designed to help users quickly communicate the current lunar phase in text-based mobile messages.

Details

Glyph

🌑

Unicode

U+1F311

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f311:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF11;

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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