Waxing Gibbous Emoji 🌔
Unicode U+1F314 · added in Unicode 6.0 (2010) · fourth of the 8 moon phases
What the waxing gibbous emoji means
🌔 is the waxing gibbous emoji. More than half the disk is lit, and the bright part is still growing toward full moon. “Gibbous” means bulging: past half, not yet full. In the Northern Hemisphere view the lit side is on the right.
People use it when they want “almost full” rather than a crescent or an exact half.
🌖 is waning gibbous. It is also more than half lit, but the bright area is shrinking after full moon, and the lit side is on the left. 🌔 is the one before full moon.
How to copy the waxing gibbous 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 gibbous actually happens
Waxing gibbous falls between first quarter and full moon, once each 29.5-day cycle. 🌔 is the emoji for that stretch. It is not the fat moon you see after full 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 🌔 waxing gibbous emoji mean?
- 🌔 is waxing gibbous: more than half lit and still growing toward full moon. It is the fourth of the eight moon-phase emojis.
- What is the difference between 🌔 and 🌖?
- 🌔 is waxing, lit mostly on the right and growing. 🌖 is waning, lit mostly on the left and shrinking after full moon.
- How often does a waxing gibbous happen?
- Waxing gibbous comes once each lunar cycle, between first quarter and full 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.