waning crescent moon
A crescent moon with most of its face in shadow, showing a thin sliver of light on the left side
Meaning
A crescent moon with most of its face in shadow, showing a thin sliver of light on the left side. It represents the waning crescent phase, the last visible stage before a new moon. In conversation it commonly conveys nighttime, late hours, or winding down, and can suggest something ending or fading. It often appears in posts about sleep, insomnia, or calm evening moods. It can also serve as a general moon or space symbol. Because crescent moons are widely used decoratively, its specific phase meaning is often not intended.
Waning crescent moon — Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1F318waning crescent moonF0 9F 8C 98Shortcodes
:waning_crescent_moon:HTML & CSS
🌘🌘\1F318 Languages
\u{1F318}\U0001F318\x{1F318}\u{1F318}Encodings
xn--4g8h%F0%9F%8C%98Frequently asked
What does 🌘 waning crescent moon mean?
A crescent moon with most of its face in shadow, showing a thin sliver of light on the left side. It represents the waning crescent phase, the last visible stage before a new moon. In conversation it commonly conveys nighttime, late hours, or winding down, and can suggest something ending or fading. It often appears in posts about sleep, insomnia, or calm evening moods. It can also serve as a general moon or space symbol. Because crescent moons are widely used decoratively, its specific phase meaning is often not intended.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🌘 waning crescent moon?
U+1F318 (Unicode 8.0, 2015) · :waning_crescent_moon:
Which emojis are related to 🌘 waning crescent moon?
🔥 fire, 🌟 glowing star, 🌈 rainbow, 🌞 sun with face, 🌝 full moon face, 🌠 shooting star, 🌚 new moon face, 🌑 new moon