U+1F318 "🌘" Waning Crescent Moon Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F318 "🌘" Waning Crescent Moon Symbol is part of the Unicode block Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, specifically within the Moon and Stars subset. It visually represents the final visible sliver of the moon before the new moon phase, illustrating a dark moon with a crescent of light along its left side, typically in a yellow or gray hue on digital displays. This symbol is commonly used in astronomy, astrology, and calendar applications to denote the waning crescent phase of the lunar cycle, often symbolizing reflection, closure, or the end of a cycle. As a standardized pictograph, it enables clear communication of this celestial phase across different platforms and languages without relying on text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F318 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Waning Crescent Moon Symbol |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🌘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🌘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDF18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F318 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udf18 |