The sun behind cloud emoji is the internet’s official status: optimistic… with a chance of meh. It signals partly sunny, partly cloudy weather, but also mixed feelings—hope peeking through the gloom like your motivation on a Monday. People drop it in group chats to say the picnic is a maybe, the vibes are improving, or the drama is settling. It’s giving silver-lining energy, we outside (kinda), and soft launch of plans.
On Apple, this looks like a bright lemon-gold sun with crisp triangular rays, half-tucked behind a pillowy white cloud with cool gray shading. No smiley face—just clean, glossy gradients and a subtle shadow that makes the cloud look plush. The perspective sells that peekaboo moment you’d recognize from weather apps.
Online, it’s used for cautious optimism, teasing a comeback, or captioning those mornings when the forecast and your mood both say partly. Memers use it for UK/Seattle jokes, golden hour blocked by a building, or vibes at 70% power. Flirty version: sending it after a stormy text thread to hint the skies (and the chat) are clearing. Also perfect when you want to RSVP maybe without typing the word.
Definition
Weather emoji. How cute he's peeking over. Rain Rain Go Away.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
