Waning Crescent Emoji 🌘
Unicode U+1F318 · added in Unicode 6.0 (2010) · eighth of the 8 moon phases
What the waning crescent emoji means
🌘 is the last of the eight moon-phase emojis. Only a thin slice on the left stays lit, in the Northern Hemisphere view, before the disk goes dark at the next new moon. “Waning” means that sliver is shrinking.
In messages it reads as an ending, a late-night crescent, or the last light before dark.
🌒 is the waxing crescent, thin light on the right and growing. 🌙 is Crescent Moon, not one of the eight phases. The phase emoji for the crescent before new moon is 🌘.
How to copy the waning crescent 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 waning crescent actually happens
The waning crescent is the last slice of the 29.5-day cycle, after last quarter and before the next new moon. 🌘 is the emoji for that slice. It is not the crescent that appears just after new moon.
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 🌘 waning crescent emoji mean?
- 🌘 is the waning crescent: a thin bright edge on the left, shrinking toward new moon. It is the eighth of the eight moon-phase emojis.
- What is the difference between 🌘 and 🌒?
- 🌘 is waning, lit on the left and shrinking. 🌒 is waxing, lit on the right and growing. 🌙 is a separate crescent emoji outside the eight-phase set.
- How often does a waning crescent happen?
- A waning crescent comes at the end of each lunar cycle, about once 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.