The waxing crescent moon emoji is that slender slice of lunar glow right after a new moonโlike the moon saying, โsoft launch only, full reveal later.โ People drop it to signal new beginnings, growing momentum, and those manifesting vibes that scream vision-board but make it aesthetic. Itโs perfect for night plans, chill late-evening check-ins, or when youโre feeling mysterious without going full drama. Think gentle optimism: not high noon energy, but definitely not asleep at the wheel either.
On Apple/iOS, itโs a bright golden sliver hugging the right edge of a shadowy charcoal/navy disk, with smooth gradients and no facial featuresโrecognizable as the classy, face-free cousin of the moon crew. Online, it pairs beautifully with sparkles, stars, and sleepy emojis for goodnight posts, or gets flirty in a โyou up?โ text that lands softer than the full moon spotlight. Sarcastically, it can mean โIโm only giving 12% effort, please clap,โ or โmood: powered by dimmer switch.โ It shows up in witchy/astrology feeds, cottagecore stargazing captions, and lunar-calendar chat (crescent symbolism, new cycles, you know the vibe). Expect cameos in werewolf jokes, moon-phase trackers, and any post that wants night-mode elegance without the chaos of a full moon.
The second phase (waxing crescent) of the moon occurs when the majority of the left side of the moon is dark and the smaller remaining right side of the moon reflects the light of the sun (is light). Also called "young moon."
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 935 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture |  |
| Twitter.com Picture |  |
| LG Emoji Picture |  |
| Samsung Emoji Picture |  |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :waxing_crescent_moon: |
| Keywords | Moon, Waxing, Sky, Night, Cheese, Phase |
| Previous Names: | Waxing Crescent Moon Symbol |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300โ1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ๐ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ๐ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🌒 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🌒 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f312 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F312 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127762 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x92 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8C 92 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 214 222 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDF12 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdf12 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57106 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F312 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F312 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127762 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F312" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8c\x92" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDF12" |
