Waxing gibbous moon emoji meaning

The waxing gibbous moon emoji is a picture of a moon that is more than half-lit but not yet completely full. It represents a specific phase in the lunar cycle that happens after the first quarter moon and before the full moon. This moon phase signifies growth and transition as the illuminated part of the moon becomes larger each night. People often use this emoji to talk about the moon, nighttime, the beauty of space, and the natural world. It can also be linked to feelings of curiosity, wonder, or looking forward to something.

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