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 Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

CC-BY 4.0 License Twemoji Repository