🌒U+1F312

Waxing crescent moon emoji

Lit along one edge, a thin sliver of moon shows the early phase when the moon is growing toward a half moon. It shows up in moon phase sequences, night-sky posts, astrology and spiritual content, and quiet, calm evening scenes.

Unicode name: waxing crescent moon
Category: Travel & places, Sky and weather
Added: Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points: U+1F312
Shortcode: :waxing_crescent_moon:
Keywords: crescent, dreams, moon, space, waxing

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	luna creciente	creciente, cuarto, espacio, luna
Français	lune croissante	espace, lune, lune croissante, nuit
Deutsch	erstes Mondviertel	erstes Mondviertel, Erstes Mondviertel, Mond, zunehmend
Italiano	luna crescente	buona notte, crescente, luna, mezza luna, natura, notte, quarto di luna, sogni, spicchio di luna
Português	lua crescente côncava	côncava, crescente, lua, noite
Nederlands	jonge maansikkel	avond, jonge maansikkel, maan, ruimte, sikkel, wassend, wassende halvemaan
Svenska	måne i första kvarteret	kvartsmåne, måne, måne i första kvarteret, månskära, tilltagande måne
Polski	narastający półksiężyc	cieniutki księżyc, księżyc, narastający półksiężyc, noc, sierp
Türkçe	büyüyen ay	ay, büyüyen ay, hilal, yükselen
Русский	молодая луна	луна, месяц, молодая, молодой
Українська	місяць у першій чверті	зростаючий, космос, місяць, місяць у першій чверті, молодий півмісяць, півмісяць, погода
Ελληνικά	αύξων μηνίσκος	αύξων, διάστημα, καιρός, μηνίσκος, φεγγάρι
العربية	هلال بداية الشهر	طبيعة, طقس, فضاء, قمر, هلال, هلال أول شهر, هلال بداية الشهر
עברית	סהר ירח מתמלא	חלל, ירח, סהר, סהר ירח מתמלא
فارسی	هلال فزاینده ماه	آب‌وهوا, رو به بدر, سوی ماه تمام, فضا, ماه, هلال, هلال فزاینده ماه
हिन्दी	दूज का चाँद	चाँद, चांद, दूज का चाँद, नवचंद्र, बालचंद्र, वर्धमान, सपने
বাংলা	বৃদ্ধিপ্রাপ্ত অর্ধচন্দ্র	অর্ধচন্দ্র, আবহাওয়া, ওয়াক্সিং, চাঁদ, বৃদ্ধিপ্রাপ্ত অর্ধচন্দ্র, মহাকাশ
Bahasa Indonesia	bulan sabit awal	angkasa, bulan, bulan sabit awal, cuaca, membesar, sabit
Tiếng Việt	trăng lưỡi liềm đầu tháng	lưỡi liềm, mặt trăng, trăng lưỡi liềm đầu tháng, tròn dần
ไทย	พระจันทร์เสี้ยวข้างขึ้น	ข้างขึ้น, พระจันทร์เสี้ยวข้างขึ้น
日本語	初月	三日月, 初月, 宇宙, 月
한국어	초승달 상현	꿈, 달, 상현, 상현달, 우주, 초승달 상현
中文（简体）	蛾眉月	三日月, 娥眉月, 弯月, 月亮, 盈月, 眉月, 蛾眉月
中文（繁體）	眉形新月	彎月, 眉形新月

Names in 103 more languages

Afrikaans	groeiende sekelmaan
Akan	waasin krɛsɛnte ɔsram
Albanian	hënë e re më pak se gjysma
Amharic	ትንሽ የበራች ግማሽ ጨረቃ
Anii	aŋɔrɔ fɛlɛlɛɛ
Armenian	աճող մահիկ
Assamese	বৰ্দ্ধিত অৰ্দ্ধচন্দ্ৰ
Azerbaijani	dörddə bir aypara
Bashkir	үҫеүсе ярым ай
Basque	ilgora
Belarusian	рост сярпа
Bosnian	uzdižući mjesec
Breton	loar vihan ar cʼhresk
Bulgarian	нарастващ полумесец на Луната
Burmese	လဆန်းရက်
Canadian French	premier croissant de lune
Cantonese	娥眉月
Catalan	lluna en quart creixent
Cherokee	ᎣᏂ ᏣᎢᏐ ᏅᏓ ᎤᏒ ᎡᎯ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	娥眉月
Chuvash	ҫамрӑк уйӑх
Croatian	polumjesec prve četvrti
Czech	dorůstající měsíc po novoluní
Danish	tiltagende måne
Estonian	kasvav kuusirp
European Portuguese	lua na primeira falcada
Faroese	lítil vaksandi hálvmáni
Filipino	waxing crescent moon
Finnish	kasvava kuunsirppi
Galician	lúa nova visible
Georgian	მზარდი ნამგალა მთვარე
Gujarati	બીજનો ચંદ્ર
Hausa	hilalin wata mai ƙaruwa
Hungarian	növő, sarló alakú hold
Icelandic	vaxandi tungl (minna en hálft)
Igbo	imelite ọnwa gburu uhie
Irish	corrán gealaí atá ag líonadh
Javanese	bulan tanggal sepisan
Kalaallisut	tiltagende måne
Kannada	ಅರ್ಧ ಚಂದ್ರ
Kazakh	толып жатқан жарты ай
Kazakh (Arabic)	تولىپ جاتقان جارتى اي
Khmer	ព្រះចន្ទបង្ហាញខ្លួនមួយចំនិត
Kinyarwanda	bitutu bya kane by’ukwezi
Konkani	वाडट्या चंद्रकळेची चंद्रकोर
Kyrgyz	толуп баштаган ай
Kʼicheʼ	Uk’iyem jub’a ik’
Lao	ເດືອນແຮມອອກໃໝ່
Latin American Spanish	luna nueva visible
Latvian	augoša mēness sirpis
Lithuanian	priešpilnis mėnulis
Lower Sorbian	pśiběrajucy mjaseck
Luxembourgish	Séchelmound am éischte Véierel
Macedonian	прва фаза - новина
Malay	bulan sabit membesar
Malayalam	പൂർണ്ണത പ്രാപിക്കുന്ന ചന്ദ്രക്കല
Maltese	felli qamar qed jikber
Marathi	अर्ध्‍यापेक्षा कमी प्रकाशित असलेला चंद्राचा भाग
Mongolian	хавирган сар (баруун)
Māori	marama hua tipihori
Nepali	बढ्दो चन्द्रमा
Nigerian Pidgin	Mun Im Braít Pat Jọ́s Stát To Bíg Mọọ́ Mọọ
Northern Sotho	ngwedi wa seripa wo o kgopamego
Norwegian	voksende nymåne
Norwegian Nynorsk	veksande nymåne
Odia	ବୃହତ୍ତର ହେଉଥିବା କୃସେଣ୍ଟ୍ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର
Oromo	addeessa dabalaa deemu
Pashto	رغېدونکې هلال سپوږمۍ
Punjabi	ਵੱਧਦਾ ਚੰਦ
Punjabi (Arabic)	نشوونما پاندا ہلالی چاند
Quechua	tukuspa chawpi killa
Romanian	lună concavă în creștere
Romansh	farcla glina creschenta
Sardinian	luna creschente
Scottish Gaelic	gealach chorranach a’ cinntinn
Serbian	месечев срп у порасту
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	мјесечев срп у порасту
Serbian (Latin)	mesečev srp u porastu
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	mjesečev srp u porastu
Shan	လိူၼ်မႂ်ႇ
Sindhi	ننڍي چنڊ ڏانهن وڌندڙ
Sinhala	පුරපක්ෂයේ අඩසඳ
Slovak	dorastajúci polmesiac
Slovenian	prvi krajec
Somali	qoolaabanka dayaxa oo badanaya
Swahili	mwezi mwandamo
Tajik	ҳилоли нав
Tamil	வளர்பிறை
Telugu	పెరుగుతున్న చంద్రుడు
Tigrinya	ዋክሲንግ ወርሓዊ ወርሒ
Tongan	māhina ʻilo ʻehe maama
Tswana	sephatlo sa ngwedi o o phatsimang
Turkmen	ýaş aý
Upper Sorbian	přiběracy měsačk
Urdu	بڑھتا ہوا ہلال چاند
Uyghur	پۈتەر ئورغاق ئاي
Uzbek	kattalashib boruvchi yarim oy
Welsh	lleuad gilgant ar ei chynnydd
Wolof	xaaju weer buy wàññiku
Xhosa	inyanga elicala efayo
Yoruba	Yíyọ́ Ààbọ̀ Oṣùpá
Yoruba (Benin)	Yíyɔ́ Ààbɔ̀ Oshùpá
Zulu	inyanga ewucezu olubheke emuva

Codes

Code points: U+1F312
HTML: 🌒
CSS: \1F312
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F312}
Python: \U0001F312
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 8C 92
UTF-16: D83C DF12
URL encoded: %F0%9F%8C%92

Questions

What does the 🌒 waxing crescent moon emoji mean?

How do I type the 🌒 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “waxing 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 :waxing_crescent_moon:.

When was the 🌒 emoji added?

🌒 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🌒?

U+1F312. In HTML you can write 🌒, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F312}.