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

Information

On iPhones, the crescent doubles as the Do Not Disturb/Focus symbol—a tidy shorthand for quiet hours. Drop it to say “notifications off, inner peace on.”

In texts and captions, it plays versatile: soft-flirty (moonlit romance), emo-coded (lofi at 2 a.m.), or a dramatic fade-to-black to punctuate a rant.

Big picture, it’s the internet’s cozy night-light—a gentle cue for bedtime vibes, late-night confessions, and that sly “still up, wyd?” energy. People use it to say goodnight, flag a nocturnal study grind, or summon dreamy, witchy aesthetics.

For combos, add sparkles or stars to conjure instant night-sky mood; pair with a skull for “I’m dead tired” humor.

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
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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 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)