New moon face emoji meaning

The new moon face emoji is a graphical representation of a face with closed eyes and a crescent-shaped mouth, usually on a yellow face. It depict a phase of the Moon, where no sunlight reflecting on the visible side of the Moon, making it not visible from Earth. This emoji is typically used to represent the phase of the moon where it is not visible in the sky, often used to represent a fresh start, the beginning of a new cycle, or a time of rest and rejuvenation. It could be used with the sense of sadness, feeling down or less active in some contexts.

The new moon face emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09114