Waning Crescent Moon Symbol 🌘
🌘 (U+1F318) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Waning Crescent Moon Symbol is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts WANING CRESCENT MOON SYMBOL. It can symbolize night, cycles, or calm moods in messages and interfaces. Use it to show a quiet moment, to mark late evenings, or to represent phases of plans and feelings. It also works as a decorative cue in calendars, weather notes, or storytelling where a lunar theme fits. Emotions can ride with the symbol, signaling hope, introspection, or gentle change without words. Since appearance varies across platforms, apps, and fonts, expect color and detail differences and plan for graceful fallbacks. If color emoji is not supported, a monochrome or text-style version may appear. For accessibility, pair the emoji with clear surrounding text so the intended meaning remains obvious to all users.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F318 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
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Confusables
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F318 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 8C 98 - UTF-16:
D83C DF18 - UTF-32:
0001F318 - HTML dec:
🌘 - HTML hex:
🌘 - JS escape:
\u{1F318} - Python \N{}:
\N{WANING CRESCENT MOON SYMBOL} - Python \U:
\U0001F318 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%8C%98 - CSS escape:
\1F318
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F318 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🌘 (hex) or 🌘 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.