U+1F317 "🌗" Last Quarter Moon Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1F317 "🌗" Last Quarter Moon Symbol is a pictographic representation of the moon in its last quarter phase, where the left half of the moon is illuminated and the right half is dark when viewed in standard Western configurations. Included in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, this emoji is commonly used in digital communication to signify the waning phase of the lunar cycle, often associated with the third quarter of the moon's orbit around Earth. It can also metaphorically represent decline, reflection, or the passage of time, and is frequently employed alongside other moon phase emojis in contexts ranging from astronomy discussions to aesthetic or mood based messaging.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
🌗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
🌗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD83C 0xDF17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001F317 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud83c\udf17 |
Unicode Properties