Moon Crescent symbol
Type :moon_crescent: · Tech & keys
Unicode name Last Quarter Moon · Miscellaneous Symbols block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ☾ is for
A crescent moon, drawn as the waning shape. Night, sleep mode, or the astronomical moon, depending on what it sits next to.
How to type ☾
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:moon_crescent: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 263E with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 263E then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:moon_crescent: On the web
HTML ☾
Unicode U+263E
JavaScript '\u{263E}'
CSS "\263E"
Python '\u263E'
URL %E2%98%BE
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