crescent moon

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• may indicate either the first or last quarter moon → 263D ☽  first quarter moon → 263E ☾  last quarter moon

Information

The crescent moon is the internet’s cozy night-light: a soft signal for bedtime vibes, late-night confessions, or that mysterious “I’m still up, wyd?” energy. People drop it to say goodnight, mark a nocturnal study grind, or set the tone for dreamy, witchy aesthetics. It’s also shorthand for quiet hours on iPhone—yep, the Do Not Disturb/Focus icon is a little crescent, so this emoji screams “notifications off, inner peace on.” In texts and captions, it flirts softly (think moonlit romance), goes emo (lofi at 2 a.m.), or lands a dramatic “fade to black” at the end of a rant. Pair it with sparkles or stars for instant night-sky mood; pair it with a skull for “I’m dead tired” comedy.

Definition

A waxing crescent moon, known as the second phase of the moon. People love a clear night with a crescent moon in the sky.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	380 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:crescent_moon:
Keywords	Moon, Crescent, Waxing, Sky, Night, Cheese, Phase

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols

Editorial Comment

A yellow waning or waxing crescent moon. Could also be a banana. old iEmoji name: Bright Moon

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Nature
Unicode Subcategory	Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols
Names & Annotations	CRESCENT MOON * may indicate either the first or last quarter moon x (first quarter moon - 263D) x (last quarter moon - 263E) Temporary Notes: Not unified with ☽ U+263D or ☾ U+263E. (Japanese carriers don't pay attention which quarter moon their symbols refer to.)
Symbol Information	U+1F319 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-014

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#98 'Crescent moon' 三日月 U+E69F SJIS-F943 JIS-753F
KDDI	#15 月１ U+E486 SJIS-F65E JIS-753F
Softbank	#85 #old76 月 U+E04C SJIS-F98D

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 4 Code
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)	e04c
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E04C
Decimal Code Point(s)	57420
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x81 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 81 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 201 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE04C
UTF-16 Hex	e04c
UTF-16 Dec	57420
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E04C
UTF-32 Hex	E04C
UTF-32 Dec	57420
Python Src	u"\uE04C"
PHP Src	"\xee\x81\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE04C"

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)	1f319
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F319
Decimal Code Point(s)	127769
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x99
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 8C 99
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 214 231
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDF19
UTF-16 Hex	d83cdf19
UTF-16 Dec	55356 57113
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F319
UTF-32 Hex	01F319
UTF-32 Dec	127769
Python Src	u"\U0001F319"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x99"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDF19"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)