New moon emoji meaning

The new moon emoji shows a completely dark circle, representing the phase of the moon when it is not visible from Earth. This emoji often symbolizes fresh starts, mystery, and change. It can be used to talk about nighttime, darkness, or anything related to the moon and its phases. Many people include it alongside other space-themed emojis to highlight topics like astrology or the night sky. It is especially popular among moon lovers to mark the beginning of a new lunar cycle.

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