Waning gibbous moon Emoji
Travel
A dark, spherical moon partially illuminated on the left side, showing a slight shadow creeping in from the right. It captures the phase where the moon is transitioning from full back toward the third quarter.
Usage Context
Used to discuss nighttime themes, the lunar cycle, or the passage of time. It is frequently sent alongside 🌕 to track the progress of the moon's phases or used in captions about late-night moods and stargazing.
History
Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the moon phase collection was developed to provide a comprehensive set of astronomical states for messaging apps. These icons were heavily influenced by early mobile UI design in Japan, where lunar observation played a significant role in traditional calendar planning.
Details
Glyph
🌖
Unicode
U+1F316
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f316:
HTML Entity
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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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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