The night with stars emoji is the digital equivalent of stepping onto a balcony, taking a deep breath, and whispering, “Vibes.” It signals late-night energy: stargazing plans, insomnia chats, cozy study marathons, or that romantic “walked home under the city lights” caption. It’s also great for soft-launching a relationship via moody skyline pics or dropping a dramatic “goodnight, internet” at 3 a.m. with the intensity of a lo-fi playlist.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot a deep indigo-to-navy sky sprinkled with tiny gold stars above a simplified city skyline, the building windows glowing like pixelated fireflies. The scene is calm and postcard-like—no characters, just a serene urban nightscape from a slight, cinematic distance. Other platforms may toss in a crescent moon, but the core look screams quiet city nights, not glittery ✨ chaos. In texts, it can be flirty (“nightcap?”), ironic (“big night out” while you’re in sweatpants), or dramatic (“midnight thoughts, send help”). It gives Van Gogh’s Starry Night energy filtered through City Pop album art, and pairs perfectly with 🌌, 🌙, or a wistful “we outside (eventually).”
Definition
A cloudless night when the stars can be seen. This emoji shows the silhouette of the city with stars and moon visible above. A romantic night on the town with a clear star filled sky.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
There are two emojis with this same image. This one is of "Night with Stars" (totally believable) while the other is "Shooting Star." The star is obviously shooting.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Weather and Landscape Symbols
Names & Annotations
NIGHT WITH STARS
Symbol Information
U+1F303 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-008
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#172 'Night' 夜 U+E6B3 SJIS-F957 JIS-7A47
KDDI
#490 夜／流れ星 「夜／流re星」 U+EAF1 SJIS-F3C5 JIS-7A47
Softbank
#307 #old422 流れ星 「流re星」 U+E44B SJIS-FB8C
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌃
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌃
Decimal HTML Entity
🌃
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌃
Hex Code Point(s)
1f303
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F303
Decimal Code Point(s)
127747
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x83
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 83
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 203
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF03
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf03
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57091
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F303
UTF-32 Hex
01F303
UTF-32 Dec
127747
Python Src
u"\U0001F303"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x83"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF03"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
