🌓️ First quarter moon emoji

What is 🌓️ called?

🌓️ is called the First quarter moon emoji.

What does 🌓️ mean?

🌓 is officially named first quarter moon. The first quarter moon phase showing the right half of the moon illuminated as it continues growing toward full moon. This represents progress, momentum building, and the development phase in lunar cycles.

Use it for literal references to first quarter moon and for progress, momentum building, determination, overcoming challenges, substantial growth. Despite “quarter,” the visible disk appears half illuminated because the Moon is one-quarter through its cycle. Related choices include 🌒 Waxing crescent moon and 🌔 Waxing gibbous moon.

Other meanings

It can mean progress, momentum building, determination, overcoming challenges, substantial growth. Context determines whether the message is literal, astronomical, meteorological, seasonal, or symbolic.

Example Usage

The first quarter moon 🌓 lit up the path through the forest

The sky or weather note shows first quarter moon 🌓

More details

Officially named first quarter moon. Its code point is U+1F313. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.

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Visual description

A half-moon showing the right side illuminated, representing the first quarter lunar phase.

Despite “quarter,” the visible disk appears half illuminated because the Moon is one-quarter through its cycle. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.