Crescent Moon

🌙 is a crescent moon. It means night-time and sleep, and it is widely used for Ramadan and Eid.

Where sky & weather emoji usually appear

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Forecasts, seasonal posts, and mood-setting captions

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: CRESCENT MOON
CLDR short name: crescent moon
Codepoint: U+1F319
Hex: 1F319
Emoji version: 0.6
Unicode version: 6.0
First released: 2010
Unicode group: Travel & Places
Unicode subgroup: sky & weather
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:crescent_moon:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

crescent · moon · ramadan · space

How it looks

Crescent Moon — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Crescent Moon — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 🌙 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🌙. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🌙 crescent moon emoji mean?: 🌙 is a crescent moon. It means night-time and sleep, and it is widely used for Ramadan and Eid.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🌙?: U+1F319, named CRESCENT MOON in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🌙 crescent moon emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🌙 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “crescent moon”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🌙 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🌙?: On GitHub, type :crescent_moon: and it turns into 🌙 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.