First Quarter Emoji 🌓
Unicode U+1F313 · added in Unicode 6.0 (2010) · third of the 8 moon phases
What the first quarter emoji means
🌓 is the first quarter moon emoji. Half the disk is lit on the right in the Northern Hemisphere view. The Moon is about one week into its cycle: it has traveled a quarter of the way around Earth, which is why the phase is called a quarter even though the disk looks half full.
In messages it reads as a halfway point or a clear half-moon, not a crescent and not a full disk.
🌗 is the last quarter, half lit on the left. 🌛 is First Quarter Moon Face, the same half-lit shape with a face. 🌓 (U+1F313) is the plain phase.
How to copy the first quarter emoji
Use the Copy button above. It puts 🌓 on your clipboard. Paste it into a text, a bio, or a password field.
In HTML, the character is 🌓. You can also paste the character itself: 🌓
When a first quarter actually happens
First quarter comes about a week after new moon, once each 29.5-day cycle. 🌓 is the emoji for that phase. It is not the half-moon that appears after full moon — that one is 🌗.
To see which of the eight phase emojis matches a UTC day, open the current phase of the moon emoji page.
The other moon phase emojis
FAQ
- What does the 🌓 first quarter emoji mean?
- 🌓 is the first quarter moon: half the disk lit on the right. It is the third of the eight moon-phase emojis.
- What is the difference between 🌓 and 🌗?
- 🌓 is first quarter, half lit on the right and growing toward full moon. 🌗 is last quarter, half lit on the left and shrinking. 🌛 adds a face to the first-quarter shape.
- How often does a first quarter happen?
- First quarter comes about once every 29.5 days, roughly a week after new moon. For the phase emoji of a given UTC day, use the current phase of the moon emoji page.
- Which moon emoji does Password Game Rule 13 need?
- Rule 13 asks for the current phase, and that is not always 🌓. The accepted character is one of the eight phase emojis for that UTC day. See Password Game Rule 13, then copy the phase from the daily page.