Crescent moon emoji meaning

The crescent moon emoji is a graphical representation of a crescent-shaped moon. It depicts a phase of the moon where only a portion of it is illuminated, typically with a curved sliver of light on one side and the rest of the moon in shadow. This emoji is often used to convey a sense of mystery, secrecy, or something that is not fully revealed or understood. Additionally, it could also indicate a phase of the moon and related with the lunar cycle or associated with a night-time scenario .

The crescent moon emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257