🌒️ Waxing crescent moon emoji

What is 🌒️ called?

🌒️ is called the Waxing crescent moon emoji.

What does 🌒️ mean?

🌒 is officially named waxing crescent moon. The waxing crescent moon phase showing a thin sliver of illuminated moon as it begins to grow larger after the new moon. This represents growth beginning, emerging potential, and the early stages of development in lunar cycles.

Use it for literal references to waxing crescent moon and for growth beginning, emerging potential, gradual development, early progress. Waxing means the illuminated portion is increasing after new moon; hemisphere affects its apparent orientation. Related choices include 🌑 New moon and 🌓 First quarter moon.

Other meanings

It can mean growth beginning, emerging potential, gradual development, early progress. Context determines whether the message is literal, astronomical, meteorological, seasonal, or symbolic.

Example Usage

The waxing crescent moon 🌒 appeared as a delicate silver arc in the evening sky

The sky or weather note shows waxing crescent moon 🌒

More details

Officially named waxing crescent moon. Its code point is U+1F312. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.

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Visual description

A crescent-shaped moon with a thin sliver of illumination on the right side.

Waxing means the illuminated portion is increasing after new moon; hemisphere affects its apparent orientation. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.