🌘U+1F318

Waning crescent moon emoji

Shrinking toward the new moon, this thin crescent is the last sliver of light in the lunar cycle. Expect it in moon phase sequences, night-sky posts, and calm, quiet or mystical night scenes.

Unicode name: waning crescent moon
Category: Travel & places, Sky and weather
Added: Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points: U+1F318
Shortcode: :waning_crescent_moon:
Keywords: crescent, moon, space, waning

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How to type 🌘

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “waning crescent moon”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “waning crescent moon”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “waning crescent moon”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “waning crescent moon”.
GitHub: Type :waning_crescent_moon: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	luna menguante	luna, menguante
Français	lune décroissante	croissant, croissant de lune, espace, lune, lune décroissante, lune descendante, nuit
Deutsch	letztes Mondviertel	abnehmend, letztes Mondviertel, Letztes Mondviertel, Mond, Nacht
Italiano	luna calante	calante, luna, natura, notte
Português	lua minguante côncava	côncava, lua, minguante
Nederlands	asgrauwe maan	afnemend, afnemende halvemaan, asgrauwe maan, avond, maan, maansikkel, nacht, ruimte, sikkel
Svenska	måne i fjärde kvarteret	avtagande måne, kvartsmåne, måne, måne i fjärde kvarteret, månskära
Polski	zanikający półksiężyc	cieniutki księżyc, księżyc, noc, sierp, zanikający półksiężyc
Türkçe	ince ay	ay, ay kararması, ay tutulması, gece, gökyüzü, hilal, ince ay, solgun, uzay
Русский	старая луна	затмение, луна, месяц, небо, старая, убывающая
Українська	місяць у четвертій чверті	космос, місяць, місяць у четвертій чверті, півмісяць, погода, спадаючий, старий місяць
Ελληνικά	φθίνων μηνίσκος	διάστημα, καιρός, μηνίσκος, φεγγάρι, φθίνων
العربية	هلال آخر الشهر	طقس, فضاء, قمر, متناقص, هلال, هلال آخر الشهر
עברית	סהר ירח מתרוקן	חלל, ירח, סהר, סהר ירח מתרוקן
فارسی	هلال کاهنده ماه	آب‌وهوا, داس ماه, سوی کمرنگی, فضا, ماه, مه‌داس, هلال, هلال کاهنده ماه
हिन्दी	दूज का अस्तमान चाँद	घटता, घटता हुआ, चाँद, चांद, चापाकार घटता चाँद, चापाकार चंद्र, दूज का अस्तमान चाँद, बालचंद्र, वर्धमान
বাংলা	ক্ষীয়মাণ অর্ধচন্দ্র	অর্ধচন্দ্র, আবহাওয়া, ক্ষীয়মাণ, চাঁদ, মহাকাশ
Bahasa Indonesia	bulan sabit akhir	angkasa, bulan, bulan sabit akhir, cuaca, mengecil, sabit
Tiếng Việt	trăng lưỡi liềm cuối tháng	cuối tháng, không gian, lưỡi liềm, mặt trăng, trăng lưỡi liềm cuối tháng
ไทย	พระจันทร์เสี้ยวข้างแรม	ข้างแรม, พระจันทร์, พระจันทร์เสี้ยวข้างแรม, เสี้ยว
日本語	有明月	三日月, 宇宙, 月, 有明月
한국어	그믐달 하현	그믐달, 그믐달 하현, 달, 우주, 점점 작아지는, 초승달
中文（简体）	残月	亏眉月, 弯月, 月亮, 残月
中文（繁體）	眉形殘月	殘月, 眉形殘月

Names in 103 more languages

Afrikaans	afnemende sekelmaan
Akan	waanin krɛsɛnte ɔsram
Albanian	hënë e ngrënë më pak se gjysma
Amharic	በግራ በኩል ትንሽ የበራች ግማሽ ጨረቃ
Anii	aŋɔrɔ a kʊn ʊshilè
Armenian	նվազող մահիկ
Assamese	ক্ষীয়মান অৰ্ধচন্দ্ৰ
Azerbaijani	sönən aypara
Bashkir	кәмеүсе ярым ай
Basque	ilbehera-bukaera
Belarusian	змяншэнне сярпа
Bosnian	do mladog mjeseca
Breton	loar vihan an digresk
Bulgarian	намаляващ полумесец на Луната
Burmese	လကွယ်မတိုင်မီ အပတ်
Canadian French	dernier croissant de lune
Cantonese	殘月
Cantonese (Simplified)	残月
Catalan	lluna minvant
Cherokee	ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂᏗᏜ ᏅᏓ ᎤᏒ ᎡᎯ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	殘月
Chuvash	ватӑ уйӑх
Croatian	polumjesec posljednje četvrti
Czech	ubývající měsíc před novoluním
Danish	aftagende måne
Estonian	kahanev kuusirp
Faroese	lítil minkandi hálvmáni
Filipino	waning crescent moon
Finnish	vähenevä kuunsirppi
Galician	lúa minguante
Georgian	მცხრალი ნამგალა მთვარე
Gujarati	ઘટતો અર્ધચંદ્રાકાર ચંદ્ર
Hausa	hilalin wata mai ragewa
Hungarian	fogyó, sarló alakú hold
Icelandic	minnkandi tungl (minna en hálft)
Igbo	imelata ọnwa gburu uhie
Irish	corrán gealaí atá ag caitheamh
Javanese	bulan gari seprapat
Kalaallisut	aftagende måne
Kannada	ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅರ್ಧ ಚಂದ್ರ
Kazakh	кішірейіп жатқан жарты ай
Kazakh (Arabic)	كىشىرەيىپ جاتقان جارتى اي
Khmer	ព្រះចន្ទសល់តែមួយចំនិត
Kinyarwanda	kimwe cya kane cy’ukwezi
Konkani	उणावपी चंद्रकळेची चंद्रकोर
Kyrgyz	бөксөрүп бүткөнү калган ай
Kʼicheʼ	Q’ilb’al rech uk’iyem ik’
Lao	ເດືອນດັບຂ້ອນດວງ
Latin American Spanish	luna creciente menguante
Latvian	dilstoša mēness sirpis
Lithuanian	delčia (pabaiga)
Lower Sorbian	wóteběrajucy mjaseck
Luxembourgish	Séchelmound am leschte Véierel
Macedonian	последна фаза на затемнување
Malay	bulan sabit memalap
Malayalam	വിളറിയ ചന്ദ്രൻ
Maltese	felli qamar li qed jonqos
Marathi	कमी प्रकाशित होणारी चंद्रकोर
Mongolian	хавирган сар (зүүн)
Māori	marama tohi
Nepali	घट्दो क्रेसेन्ट चन्द्रमा
Nigerian Pidgin	Mun Dọ́n De Niálí Gó Fínish
Northern Sotho	ngwedi o hwelelago wa go kgopama
Norwegian	avtakende nemåne
Norwegian Nynorsk	avtakande nemåne
Odia	ୱେନିଂରେ ଥିବା କ୍ରିସେଣ୍ଟ୍ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର
Oromo	addeessa baduu ga’e
Pashto	کمېدونکې هلال سپوږمۍ
Punjabi	ਘਟਦਾ ਚੰਨ
Punjabi (Arabic)	گھٹدا ہوئیا مُحدِب چن
Quechua	wañu killa
Romanian	lună concavă în descreștere
Romansh	farcla glina digren
Sardinian	luna calante
Scottish Gaelic	gealach chorranach a’ traoghadh
Serbian	месечев срп у опадању
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	мјесечев срп у опадању
Serbian (Latin)	mesečev srp u opadanju
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	mjesečev srp u opadanju
Shan	ဝူင်ႈၼႃႈလိူၼ်လပ်း
Sindhi	ويننگ ڪريسينٽ چنڊ
Sinhala	අවපක්ෂයේ අඩසඳ
Slovak	ubúdajúci polmesiac
Slovenian	zadnji krajec
Somali	gaabinta dayaxa qoolaaban
Swahili	mwezi kongo
Tajik	марҳилаи хурд шудани ҳилол
Tamil	முக்கால்பகுதி தேய்பிறை
Telugu	తగ్గుతున్న చంద్రుడు
Tigrinya	እናነከየት ትኸይድ ዘላ ወርሒ ወርሒ
Tongan	māhina silipō
Tswana	sephatlo sa ngwedi o o fifalang
Turkmen	köne aý
Upper Sorbian	woteběracy měsačk
Urdu	گھٹتا ہوا ہلال چاند
Uyghur	يۈتەر ئورغاق ئاي
Uzbek	kichiklashib borayotgan yarim oy
Welsh	lleuad cilgant ar ei chil
Wolof	xaaju weer buy yokk
Xhosa	inyanga elicala ethwasayo
Yoruba	Títàn Ààbọ̀ Oṣùpá
Yoruba (Benin)	Títàn Ààbɔ̀ Oshùpá
Zulu	inyanga ebheke phambili enkulu

Codes

Code points: U+1F318
HTML: 🌘
CSS: \1F318
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F318}
Python: \U0001F318
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 8C 98
UTF-16: D83C DF18
URL encoded: %F0%9F%8C%98

Questions

What does the 🌘 waning crescent moon emoji mean?

Shrinking toward the new moon, this thin crescent is the last sliver of light in the lunar cycle. Expect it in moon phase sequences, night-sky posts, and calm, quiet or mystical night scenes.

How do I type the 🌘 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “waning crescent moon”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :waning_crescent_moon:.

When was the 🌘 emoji added?

🌘 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🌘?

U+1F318. In HTML you can write 🌘, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F318}.