Moon Symbols: Copy 24 ☾ ☽ 🌙 Characters

Copy moon symbols

24 characters and sequences. One tap copies the real code points.

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Moon Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes

Here are 12 representative rows out of 24. Read the name before the shape. Each row also carries the hexadecimal and decimal HTML reference for the exact sequence.

Last Quarter MoonU+263E☾

Symbol · decimal ☾

Circle With Left Half BlackU+25D0◐

Symbol · decimal ◐

Circle With Lower Half BlackU+25D2◒

Symbol · decimal ◒

Circle With Upper Right Quadrant BlackU+25D4◔

Symbol · decimal ◔

Crescent MoonU+1F319🌙

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🌙

Last Quarter Moon FaceU+1F31C🌜

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🌜

New MoonU+1F311🌑

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🌑

First Quarter MoonU+1F313🌓

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🌓

Full MoonU+1F315🌕

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🌕

Last Quarter MoonU+1F317🌗

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🌗

Circled Ideograph MoonU+328A㊊

Symbol · decimal ㊊

Moon CakeU+1F96E🥮

Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🥮

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Moon Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences

Crescents, phases and expressive moon emoji bring a quiet night-sky mood to text.

Sun, sky and season marks. Good for forecasts, journals and seasonal notes. That amounts to 24 copyable values here — 24 of them one character long, 0 longer.

Names such as Last Quarter Moon, Circle With Left Half Black, Circle With Lower Half Black, Circle With Upper Right Quadrant Black appear here, and counting every entry puts Last Quarter Moon (3), First Quarter Moon (3), Circle With Upper (2) at the top. Single-character values span U+25D0 to U+1F96E.

Browse moon symbols by type

☾☽◐◑◒

Symbol

9 entries

🌙🌛🌜🌚🌝

Emoji or pictograph

15 entries

The shape of this collection

Where moon symbols sit in the code space

Counted across U+25D0 to U+1F96E, the general-category split is symbol 24.

How the official names cluster

Counted across the stored entries, the commonest name patterns are Last Quarter Moon (3), First Quarter Moon (3), Circle With Upper (2).

Sequence construction

Of the sequences, 0 rely on a zero-width joiner and 0 on a variation selector; 1 code points is the longest single entry.

Picking the right moon symbol

Watch out for Last Quarter Moon next to Last Quarter Moon Face. They are different characters: U+263E and U+1F31C. Emoji or pictograph is the safe default at 15 entries.

Symbol is the specialist choice, with just 9. Want colour? Pick one of the 15 emoji.

Want it to match your text? Pick one of the 9 plain ones. Test the result in the real app before you use it.

These are grouped by what people use them for. Unicode's own categories may split them differently.

15Emoji or pictograph

Drawn by the operating system, not your font. 62% here.

9Symbol

Ordinary text symbols, styled by your CSS. 38% here.

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Moon Symbols explained in plain English

Short summary

You can copy any of the 24 moon symbols below. 15 of them are emoji or pictograph. They come mostly from one part of Unicode: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. 9 are plain text. The other 15 are emoji, so your phone or computer draws them in colour.

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How the 2 groups divide

Expect symbol and emoji or pictograph. 15 sit under emoji or pictograph.

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Encoding, and why coverage varies

They come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (14), Geometric Shapes (6) and Miscellaneous Symbols (2). Across U+25D0 to U+1F96E, support gets patchy at the newer end.

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The pair people mix up

Compare Last Quarter Moon with Last Quarter Moon Face. Same shape, different code point.

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Emoji entries behave differently

15 come in colour you cannot change. Each brand draws its own.

Terms worth knowing

These words describe the shapes, uses and character families you will meet in this collection.

Symbol
Emoji or pictograph
Moon
Lunar
Crescent
Night
Celestial
Last
Quarter
Circle
Left
Half

A quick choice checklist

Match the meaning. Start with symbol when that group fits your message.
Read the name. Compare Last Quarter Moon with Circle With Left Half Black before you pick by shape.
Test the result. Paste the full value into the app, document, or profile where it will appear.

Moon forms cover crescents, phases and expressive emoji

Crescent text marks, geometric phase diagrams and face emoji share a lunar theme but communicate different levels of scientific or emotional detail.

Family	Examples	Best context
Crescents	☾ ☽	Night themes, historical notation or restrained typographic decoration.
Geometric phases	◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ ◔ ◕	Simple phase-like diagrams; orientation is not a full astronomical date calculation.
Crescent emoji	🌙	Colorful night, sleep or evening tone in casual communication.
Moon faces	🌚 🌝 🌛 🌜	Expressive reactions whose social tone depends on the conversation.

Practical note: For calendars and astronomy, use a verified phase source and date. The visual phase of a general-purpose symbol is not evidence of the current sky condition.

Where to go next

Compare these choices with sun symbols and star symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Star Symbol Meanings: Ratings, Favorites and Decoration. Short on time? Start with what is the difference between a symbol and an emoji?.

Tip: Pair anything decorative with real text. That is what search engines index and what screen readers announce.

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How to use moon symbols

Copying stores text, so the value survives the clipboard intact. Paste it with Ctrl V, ⌘ V or your device's Paste command.

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Forecasts, calendars and journals

Start with Last Quarter Moon. It works nearly everywhere.

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Seasonal captions and invitations

When handling seasonal captions and invitations, the 15 emoji or pictograph entries are the obvious pool, and let visual weight settle the final choice.

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Nature-themed names and dividers

When creating nature-themed names and dividers, paste the complete entry — all of these are single code points, so a partial copy is not a risk here.

Copy-ready moon symbols examples for forecasts, calendars and journals

Forecasts, calendars and journals☾ Moon reference

Seasonal captions and invitations☾ ☽ ◐

Nature-themed names and dividers◐ moon ☾

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Keyboard entry for moon symbols

Copying is quicker, but these are typeable too. On Windows the alt code is the character's decimal code point; in Word the hexadecimal followed by Alt X does the same job without a keypad.

Character	Name	Windows	Hex	HTML
☾	Last Quarter Moon	`Alt 9790`	`263E`	`☾`
◐	Circle With Left Half Black	`Alt 9680`	`25D0`	`◐`
◒	Circle With Lower Half Black	`Alt 9682`	`25D2`	`◒`
◔	Circle With Upper Right Quadrant Black	`Alt 9684`	`25D4`	`◔`
🌙	Crescent Moon	Not available	`1F319`	`🌙`
🌜	Last Quarter Moon Face	Not available	`1F31C`	`🌜`

The alt-code route requires a real keypad and cannot address anything above U+FFFF. 15 entries here sit above that ceiling. The complete keyboard guide covers every platform method in full.

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How moon symbols render across fonts, apps and devices

Unicode keeps 64% of these in Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. The rest come from Geometric Shapes and Miscellaneous Symbols. 9 act like letters.

They take the colour of the text around them. The other 15 are emoji. Your phone or computer paints those in colour.

Unicode files the emoji ones under Travel & Places and Activities. Some are as recent as Emoji 11.0, so old devices may draw an empty box.

A pasted entry is redrawn by the receiving application's font. Expect small differences in width and weight across devices, and larger ones where a font lacks the character entirely.

24Single characters

0Sequences

15Emoji properties

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Common mistakes with moon symbols

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Mixing up Last Quarter Moon and Circle With Left Half Black.
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Thinking every one of the 24 works the same everywhere.
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Treating these moon symbols as interchangeable with the visually similar characters in sun symbols.
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Reaching for one of the 15 emoji entries where a text mark was needed, so the colour artwork clashes with the surrounding type.

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Moon Symbols questions and answers

What is the difference between Last Quarter Moon and Last Quarter Moon Face?+

Different code points, similar shapes. Last Quarter Moon sits at U+263E and Last Quarter Moon Face at U+1F31C, so search, sorting and screen readers treat them as unrelated characters even where they look the same.

What is the HTML code for last quarter moon?+

Write ☾ (hex) or ☾ (decimal) to get ☾. Numeric references sidestep encoding problems in older toolchains.

Which moon symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+

Look for the 9 non-emoji entries. Those behave like letters — style them, colour them, put them in a heading. The 15 emoji entries are drawn by the operating system instead.

Which Unicode block are these moon symbols in?+

Chiefly Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, which accounts for 14; the rest come from Geometric Shapes and Miscellaneous Symbols. That matters because a font either supports a block broadly or barely at all.

Will these moon symbols work on older phones?+

The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 11.0. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.

Which moon symbol should I choose?+

Watch out for Last Quarter Moon next to Last Quarter Moon Face. They are different characters: U+263E and U+1F31C. Emoji or pictograph is the safe default at 15 entries. Symbol is the specialist choice, with just 9. Want colour? Pick one of the 15 emoji. Want it to match your text? Pick one of the 9 plain ones. Test the result in the real app before you use it.

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Learn more about moon symbols

Complete guide

Star Symbol Meanings: Ratings, Favorites and Decoration

Stars can mark quality, direction, fame, a footnote or the night sky. Shape alone does not decide the meaning.

Read the guide →

Common questions

☺What is the difference between a symbol and an emoji?→✦Can I change the color of a Unicode symbol?→AaWhy does a symbol look different after I paste it?→

Two tools worth knowing about

These marks are often used to head a seasonal note or a journal entry, which is where a styled heading or a text status frame is useful.

Cursive Text ConverterCreate script-style Unicode text while keeping a plain-text version for names, search and accessibility.Open the text converter →Loading Animation PreviewPreview text-only loading frames, pause the motion and copy the sequence that fits your interface.Open the animation preview →

To wrap one of these moon symbols around a word, build the line in the Symbol Maker. Every tool on this site runs locally and is listed in the Unicode tools hub.

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How this page was built

These 24 entries are measured, not sampled or approximated. Formal names and categories come straight from the Unicode 17.0 database, with emoji status taken from the published emoji data rather than judged by eye.

Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
The Unicode Standard, current version
How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data

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