New moon face Emoji

Travel

A dark, cratered moon surface featuring a human-like face with a wide, mischievous grin and upward-slanting eyes. Unlike its bright, celestial counterparts, this version portrays the moon as an active, slightly unsettling character.

Usage Context

Widely used in internet culture to convey shade, sarcasm, or a suggestive, 'thirsty' attitude. Because of its dark appearance and intense expression, it is frequently used to imply that the sender is lurking or up to something secretive. It acts as a darker alternative to the standard 🌝 or the generic 🌑.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 6.0, this icon originated from Japanese mobile carrier sets. It quickly evolved from a simple astronomical representation into a popular meme staple used to punctuate awkward or provocative messages.

Details

Glyph

🌚

Unicode

U+1F31A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f31a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF1A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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