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🌒 Waxing Crescent Moon Symbol Emoji
A waxing crescent moon (appearing to become larger), the second of the eight . Depicts the moon as a cratered disc, its right side illuminated in a thin, golden or silver crescent, its remainder dark.
May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.
See also . Not to be confused with , though their applications may overlap. Used as part of the meme.
Samsung’s design resembled a full moon with stars and displayed as a crescent moon in a night sky with stars.
| Emoji | 🌒 |
| Unicode Name | Waxing Crescent Moon Symbol |
| Apple Name | Waxing Crescent Moon |
| Also Known As | |
| Codepoints | U+1F312 |
Similar emoji
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | বদধপরপত অরধচনদর |
| Danish | tiltagende måne |
| German | erstes mondviertel |
| English | waxing crescent moon |
| Spanish | luna creciente |
| French | lune croissante |
| Hindi | दज क चद |
| Italian | luna crescente |
| Japanese | 初月 |
| Korean | 초승달 상현 |
| Marathi | अरधयपकष कम परकशत असलल चदरच भग |
| Malay | bulan sabit membesar |
| Dutch | jonge maansikkel |
| Norwegian | voksende nymåne |
| Portuguese | lua crescente côncava |
| Swedish | måne i första kvarteret |
| Tamil | வளரபற |
| Telugu | పరగతనన చదరడ |
| Chinese | 娥眉月 |
