Full Moon Emoji 🌕
Unicode U+1F315 · added in Unicode 6.0 (2010) · fifth of the 8 moon phases
What the full moon emoji means
🌕 is the full moon emoji. The entire near side is in sunlight, so the disk is a bright circle with no dark bite taken out. It is the middle of the eight-phase set, opposite 🌑.
In messages it stands for a bright night, a peak, or something fully visible. The character has no eyes and no mouth.
🌝 is Full Moon Face, a yellow full moon with a face. 🌕 (U+1F315) is the plain phase. Copy 🌝 only when you want the face.
How to copy the full moon 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 full moon actually happens
A full moon occurs about once every 29.5 days, when Earth sits between the Moon and the Sun. 🌕 is the emoji for that phase. The nights before and after use 🌔 and 🌖 instead.
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 🌕 full moon emoji mean?
- 🌕 is the full moon symbol: the whole near side lit, with no face. It is the fifth of the eight moon-phase emojis.
- What is the difference between 🌕 and 🌝?
- 🌕 (U+1F315) is the plain full-moon disk. 🌝 (U+1F31D) is Full Moon Face, a yellow moon with eyes and a smile. Use 🌕 for the phase.
- How often does a full moon happen?
- A full moon comes about every 29.5 days. 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.