Waxing Crescent Emoji 🌒
Unicode U+1F312 · added in Unicode 6.0 (2010) · second of the 8 moon phases
What the waxing crescent emoji means
🌒 is the second moon-phase emoji. A thin bright edge sits on the right side of the disk in the Northern Hemisphere view. “Waxing” means the lit part is growing, in the days after new moon.
People paste it for a new start, a thin sliver of light, or an evening crescent. It is a phase character, not a generic moon.
🌘 is the waning crescent: the thin bright edge is on the left, and the lit part is shrinking toward the next new moon. 🌙 is Crescent Moon, a separate emoji that is not one of the eight phases. Use 🌒 when you mean the waxing crescent specifically.
How to copy the waxing 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 waxing crescent actually happens
The waxing crescent follows new moon. In this eight-emoji set the cycle is split into eight equal parts of a 29.5-day month, so 🌒 stands for that second slice of the cycle, not for every crescent you see.
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 🌒 waxing crescent emoji mean?
- 🌒 is the waxing crescent: a thin bright edge on the right, growing after new moon. It is the second of the eight moon-phase emojis.
- What is the difference between 🌒 and 🌘?
- 🌒 is waxing, lit on the right and growing. 🌘 is waning, lit on the left and shrinking. 🌙 is a different crescent emoji and is not part of the eight-phase set.
- How often does a waxing crescent happen?
- A waxing crescent follows each new moon, 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.