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The new moon is the solid dark circle that marks the very start of the lunar cycle—the cosmic reset button. In chats it brings fresh start energy: new goals, soft reboots, manifestation nights, and clean-slate chapters. It also doubles as stealth mode: low-key plans, lurking in the shadows, quietly leaving the group chat, or announcing your villain arc with a whisper. People drop it for emo/void vibes at 3 a.m., for blackout aesthetics, or to match an all-black fit pic. Astrology and WitchTok love it for intention-setting posts, lunar calendars, and ritual reminders. Bonus: it works as a stylish bullet point or subtle censor dot when you're being artsy about your secrets.

On Apple/iOS, it's a nearly black disk with a soft charcoal gradient, a gentle rim highlight, and slight 3D shading—front-facing, no craters, and definitely no face. Its smooth, inky look makes it instantly readable as the black moon, not just a random circle. You'll see it paired with ✨🕯️🌌 or zodiac signs to signal new-beginning vibes, or used ironically with “dark mode: ON.” Meme culture uses it to caption “we go again,” “entering my mysterious era,” or to tease an eclipse drop. Minor science note: new moons are real but invisible in the sky, which is exactly the point—this emoji feels like silence before the soundtrack drops.

Definition

The first phase (new moon) of the moon occurs when the moon is closest to the sun. The moon is hard to see in this phase because the moon is between the Earth and the Sun, which means only the dark side of the moon is visible from Earth.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	901 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	:new_moon:
Keywords	Moon, New, Sky, Night, Cheese, Phase
Previous Names:	New Moon Symbol

Unicode Category Information

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

Editorial Comment

Twilight!

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Nature
Unicode Subcategory	Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols
Names & Annotations	NEW MOON SYMBOL
Symbol Information	U+1F311 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-011

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#95 'New moon' 新月 U+E69C SJIS-F940 JIS-7847
KDDI	#321 新月 U+E5A8 SJIS-F7C5 JIS-7847
Softbank	●

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)	1f311
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F311
Decimal Code Point(s)	127761
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x91
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 8C 91
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 214 221
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDF11
UTF-16 Hex	d83cdf11
UTF-16 Dec	55356 57105
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F311
UTF-32 Hex	01F311
UTF-32 Dec	127761
Python Src	u"\U0001F311"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x91"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDF11"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)