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🌘 Waning Crescent Moon Emoji

Copy and paste the Waning Crescent Moon emoji (🌘) in one click. View its Travel & Places context, status usage, and Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015) developer codes (U+1F318).

What Does the Waning Crescent Moon Emoji Mean?

Unicode Definition: Depicts waning crescent moon (🌘), part of Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015) (U+1F318) under the "sky & weather" travel and geography subgroup.

Context & Expression: Captures wanderlust, commuting, vacation countdowns, architectural appreciation, and a sense of place or time.

Status Tip: Waning Crescent Moon (🌘) is widely used in Slack/Teams out-of-office statuses, travel itineraries, and event location headers.

Modern Texting & Social Usage

Popular in out-of-office Slack statuses, Instagram story location headers, travel vlogs, and "on my way" texts (🌘💨).

💡 Quick Usage Tip:

Combine 🌘 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.

Real-Life Chat Examples

See how the Waning Crescent Moon emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.

Marcus

Where are you guys at? We just grabbed a table inside

You

Literally 5 minutes away 🌘 save us two seats!

Marcus

Got you covered, see you in a sec!

When to Use 🌘

  • Sharing travel itineraries, commute updates, or vacation photo dumps.
  • Setting "Out of Office" or "In Transit" status indicators on Slack and Teams.
  • Highlighting directions, venues, and weather conditions in event invites.

When to Avoid 🌘

  • Emergency navigation instructions where exact street addresses and coordinates are needed.
  • Formal legal notices.
CROSS-PLATFORM DISPLAY

How Waning Crescent Moon Looks Across Operating Systems & Fonts

Apple iOS includes intricate architectural and vehicle details; Google Android uses clean, high-contrast travel iconography; Samsung and Microsoft Windows feature distinct perspective angles.

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Apple iOS / macOS Rendering

High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting

System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'
Platform / VendorGlyph PreviewSystem Emoji FontRendering Behavior
Apple iOS / macOS🌘Apple Color EmojiHigh-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
Google Android🌘Noto Color EmojiClean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry
Samsung One UI🌘Samsung Color EmojiVibrant high-contrast One UI color styling
Microsoft Windows🌘Segoe UI EmojiFluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags)
X / Discord (Twemoji)🌘Twitter Color EmojiFlat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography

Technical & Developer Specifications

Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.

Character🌘
Official Unicode NameWaning Crescent Moon
Unicode Code PointU+1F318
HTML Decimal Entity🌘
HTML Hex Entity🌘
CSS Escape Code\01F318
JavaScript / ES6 Escape\u{1F318}
UTF-8 Hex BytesF0 9F 8C 98
Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub):waning_crescent_moon:
Emoji / Unicode VersionEmoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015)
Category & SubgroupTravel & Places (sky & weather)

Frequently Asked Questions About Waning Crescent Moon (🌘)

Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.

What is the emotional and conversational meaning of Waning Crescent Moon (🌘)?

Captures wanderlust, commuting, vacation countdowns, architectural appreciation, and a sense of place or time. It belongs to the Travel & Places category and was standardized in Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015).

How is the Waning Crescent Moon emoji (🌘) used on TikTok, Instagram, and Discord?

Popular in out-of-office Slack statuses, Instagram story location headers, travel vlogs, and "on my way" texts (🌘💨).

How do I copy and paste 🌘 on iPhone, Android, Mac, or Windows?

Click the "Copy Emoji (🌘)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.

What are the Unicode, HTML, CSS, and JS developer codes for Waning Crescent Moon?

The Unicode code point is U+1F318 (Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015)). In HTML use 🌘 or 🌘; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F318"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F318}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :waning_crescent_moon:.

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