# 🌙 Crescent moon emoji

🌙 Crescent moon is an emoji in the sky and weather set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: ramadan and space.

- Emoji: 🌙
- Unicode name: crescent moon
- Code points: U+1F319
- Category: Travel & places, Sky and weather
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :crescent_moon:
- Keywords: crescent, moon, ramadan, space
- Page: https://emojichart.com/crescent-moon-emoji

## What it means

A curved crescent moon. It's used for night, bedtime, sleep and good-night messages, and for dreamy or mystical scenes. The crescent is also a symbol widely associated with Islam, so it appears in Ramadan and Eid greetings.

## How to type 🌙

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “crescent moon”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “crescent moon”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “crescent moon”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “crescent moon”.
- GitHub: Type :crescent_moon: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | luna | creciente, espacio, luna |
| Français (fr) | croissant de lune | croissant, croissant de lune, espace, lune, nuit, Ramadan |
| Deutsch (de) | Mondsichel | Mond, Mondsichel, Nacht |
| Italiano (it) | spicchio di luna | calante, cielo, crescente, gobba, luna, natura, notte, spazio, spicchio di luna, ultimo quarto |
| Português (pt) | lua crescente | crescente, lua |
| Nederlands (nl) | maansikkel | avond, halvemaan, maan, maansikkel, ramadan, ruimte, sikkel, slapen |
| Svenska (sv) | månskära | måne, månskära |
| Polski (pl) | półksiężyc | księżyc, noc, półksiężyc, sierp, sierp księżyca |
| Türkçe (tr) | hilal | ay, dilek, gece, gökyüzü, hilal, uzay, yeni ay |
| Русский (ru) | полумесяц | луна, месяц, полумесяц |
| Українська (uk) | серп місяця | космос, місяць, півмісяць, погода, серп місяця |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ημισέληνος | διάστημα, ημισέληνος, καιρός, μηνίσκος, πανσέληνος, φεγγάρι |
| العربية (ar) | هلال | الهلال, رمضان, طقس, فضاء, قمر, هلال |
| עברית (he) | סהר | ירח, סהר |
| فارسی (fa) | هلال ماه | آب‌وهوا, داس ماه, فضا, ماه, مه‌داس, هلال |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चापाकार चंद्र | चाँद, चांद, चापाकार चंद्र, बालचंद्र, रमजान |
| বাংলা (bn) | অর্ধচন্দ্র | অর্ধচন্দ্র, আবহাওয়া, চাঁদ, মহাকাশ, রমজান |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bulan sabit | angkasa, bulan, cuaca, sabit |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | trăng lưỡi liềm | lưỡi liềm, mặt trăng, trăng lưỡi liềm |
| ไทย (th) | พระจันทร์เสี้ยว | พระจันทร์, พระจันทร์เสี้ยว, เสี้ยว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 三日月 | 三日月, 宇宙, 月 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 초승달 | 달, 라마단, 우주, 초승달 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 弯月 | 娥眉月, 弯月, 新月形, 月亮, 残月, 蛾眉月 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 彎月 | 彎月, 新月, 月亮, 月牙, 残月 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): sekelmaan
- Akan (ak): krɛsɛnte ɔsram
- Albanian (sq): hënë e ngrënë
- Amharic (am): ግማሽ ጨረቃ
- Armenian (hy): մահիկ
- Assamese (as): কাঁচিজোন
- Azerbaijani (az): aypara
- Bashkir (ba): ярым ай
- Basque (eu): ilargi-adarra
- Belarusian (be): паўмесяц
- Bosnian (bs): polumjesec
- Breton (br): kreskenn loar
- Bulgarian (bg): полумесец
- Burmese (my): လခြမ်း
- Cantonese (yue): 弦月
- Catalan (ca): lluna creixent
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᏲᎲ ᏅᏓ ᎤᏒ ᎡᎯ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫур уйӑх
- Croatian (hr): polumjesec
- Czech (cs): srpek měsíce
- Danish (da): halvmåne
- Estonian (et): kuusirp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): lua crescente sem sombra
- Faroese (fo): hálvmáni
- Filipino (fil): crescent moon
- Finnish (fi): kuunsirppi
- Galician (gl): lúa crecente
- Georgian (ka): ნამგალა მთვარე
- Gujarati (gu): બીજનો ચાંદ
- Hausa (ha): hilalin wata
- Hungarian (hu): növekvő hold
- Icelandic (is): hálfmáni
- Igbo (ig): ọnwa elu-ugwu
- Irish (ga): corrán gealaí
- Javanese (jv): bulan nanggal sepisan
- Kalaallisut (kl): halvmåne
- Kannada (kn): ಅರ್ಧಾಕಾರದ ಚಂದ್ರ
- Kazakh (kk): жарты ай
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جارتى اي
- Khmer (km): ចំនិតខែ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ukwezi kugenda gukura
- Konkani (kok): चंद्रकोर
- Kyrgyz (ky): жарым ай
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Uk’iyik ik’
- Lao (lo): ເດືອນສ້ຽວ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): media luna
- Latvian (lv): mēness sirpis
- Lithuanian (lt): pusmėnulis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mjaseckowy serp
- Luxembourgish (lb): Moundséchel
- Macedonian (mk): месечев срп
- Malay (ms): bulan sabit
- Malayalam (ml): ചന്ദ്രക്കല
- Maltese (mt): felli qamar
- Marathi (mr): चंद्रकोर
- Mongolian (mn): хавирган сар
- Māori (mi): marama pewa
- Nepali (ne): क्रेसेन्ट चन्द्रमा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Krísẹ́nt Mun
- Northern Sotho (nso): ngwedi o balamego
- Norwegian (no): månesigd
- Odia (or): କ୍ରିସେଣ୍ଟ୍ ମୁନ୍
- Oromo (om): addeessa walakkaa
- Pashto (ps): هلال سپوږمۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਅੱਧਾ ਚੰਦ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہلالی چاند
- Quechua (qu): chawpi killa
- Romanian (ro): semilună
- Romansh (rm): glina creschenta
- Sardinian (sc): farche de luna
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gealach chorranach
- Serbian (sr): месечев срп
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мјесечев срп
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mesečev srp
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): mjesečev srp
- Shan (shn): လိူၼ်ၽၢၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪريسينٽ چنڊ
- Sinhala (si): අඩසඳ
- Slovak (sk): polmesiac
- Slovenian (sl): lunin srp
- Somali (so): dayax qoolaaban
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): luna creciente
- Swahili (sw): mwezi unaoandama mwezi mpya
- Tajik (tg): ҳилол
- Tamil (ta): பிறைநிலவு
- Telugu (te): నెలవంక
- Tigrinya (ti): ወርሒ ፍርቂ ወርሒ
- Tongan (to): māhina kalipa
- Tswana (tn): sephatlo sa ngwedi
- Turkmen (tk): ýarym aý
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): serp měsačka
- Urdu (ur): ہلال چاند
- Uyghur (ug): ئورغاق ئاي
- Uzbek (uz): oy
- Welsh (cy): lleuad gilgant
- Wolof (wo): weer wu sew di màgg
- Xhosa (xh): inyanga elicala
- Yoruba (yo): Ààbọ̀ Oṣùpá
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ààbɔ̀ Oshùpá
- Zulu (zu): inyanga enciphile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F319` |
| HTML | `🌙` |
| CSS | `\1F319` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F319}` |
| Python | `\U0001F319` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8C 99` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DF19` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8C%99` |

## Questions

### What does the 🌙 crescent moon emoji mean?

A curved crescent moon. It's used for night, bedtime, sleep and good-night messages, and for dreamy or mystical scenes. The crescent is also a symbol widely associated with Islam, so it appears in Ramadan and Eid greetings.

### How do I type the 🌙 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “crescent moon”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :crescent_moon:.

### When was the 🌙 emoji added?

🌙 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🌙?

U+1F319. In HTML you can write 🌙, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F319}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/crescent-moon-emoji