U+1F776 "🝶" Lunar Eclipse Unicode Character

U+1F776 "🝶" Lunar Eclipse is a symbol added to the Unicode standard in 2022 as part of the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block, designed to represent the astronomical phenomenon of a lunar eclipse. It depicts a stylized circle, typically dark or shaded, partially overlapping a larger crescent, evoking the Earth's shadow falling on the Moon during the event. This character, formally named "Lunar Eclipse," serves as a visual notation for calendars, educational materials, or digital communication about celestial occurrences, offering a concise iconographic way to reference this specific phase or event in space observation contexts. Its inclusion reflects Unicode's ongoing effort to encode diverse cultural and scientific symbols for global digital use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F776
Version Added	15.0
Name	Lunar Eclipse
Block	Alchemical Symbols
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 0x9D 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF76
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F776
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf76

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other