On Apple/iOS, it shows up as a golden-yellow moon with subtle gray craters, bisected by a crisp vertical terminator, the right half aglow. No face—just a clean, top-down astronomical close-up. The realistic shading nails that “planetarium but make it pretty” feel, instantly recognizable in chats as a luminous half-disk that reads both scientific and cinematic, like a frame lifted from a space docuseries.
The first quarter moon emoji marks the glow-up stretch of the lunar cycle—half lit, half shadow, maximum drama. It depicts the Moon a quarter of the way through its orbit but displays a half-bright disk, nature’s little math trick. People often confuse it with the last quarter, but this one is waxing—the momentum-building chapter of the night. It’s ideal for posts about progress, late-night productivity, or that in-between mood when you’re toggling between nap time and main-character energy.
Online, it doubles as a “halfway there” badge, a two-moods meme prop, and a soft-launch signal—revealing half the plan, half the relationship, or half your face in a story. It pairs with astrology chats about growth and intention-setting, and with werewolf jokes when you’re not quite full-beast yet. In texts, it’s shorthand for night-owl energy, dark-mode aesthetics, or a cheeky “I’m giving you 50% of the tea,” and it can land flirtatious or cryptic depending on the caption and the playlist in the background.
Definition
The third phase (first quarter) of the moon occurs when left half of the moon is dark and the right half of the moon reflects the light of the sun (is light).
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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.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1187 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
:first_quarter_moon:
Keywords
Moon, Quarter, First, Sky, Night, Cheese, Phase
Previous Names:
First Quarter Moon Symbol
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols
Names & Annotations
FIRST QUARTER MOON SYMBOL = half moon
Symbol Information
U+1F313 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-013
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#97 'Half moon' 半月 U+E69E SJIS-F942 JIS-7849
KDDI
#323 半月 U+E5AA SJIS-F7C7 JIS-7849
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)
1f313
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F313
Decimal Code Point(s)
127763
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x93
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 93
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 223
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF13
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf13
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57107
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F313
UTF-32 Hex
01F313
UTF-32 Dec
127763
Python Src
u"\U0001F313"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x93"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF13"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
