The first quarter moon emoji is the glow-up phase of the lunar cycle: half bright, half shadow, fully dramatic. It represents the Moon when it’s a quarter of the way through its orbit, but shows a half-lit disk—nature’s confusing math class. People sometimes mix it up with the last quarter moon, but this one is the waxing phase—the “we’re building momentum” chapter of the night sky. It’s perfect for posts about progress, late-night productivity, or that mysterious vibe when your energy is somewhere between nap and main character.
Online, it doubles as a “halfway there” badge, a two-moods meme prop, and even a soft-launch symbol—like revealing only half the plan, half the relationship, or half your face in a story. It pairs well with astrology chats about growth and intention-setting, or with werewolf jokes when you’re not quite full-beast yet. You’ll also see it in texts as shorthand for night-owl energy, dark-mode aesthetics, or a cheeky “I’m only giving you 50% of the tea” moment. It can read flirtatious or cryptic, depending on the caption and the playlist in the background.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji is a textured, yellow-gold moon with subtle gray craters, sliced by a crisp vertical terminator line, with the right side illuminated. No face here—just a clean, top-down celestial close-up with realistic shading that screams “planetarium but make it pretty.” The look is instantly recognizable in chats: a luminous half-disk that feels both scientific and cinematic, like a still from your favorite space docuseries.
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)
