First Quarter Moon Face
A crescent moon with a face looking right — the friendly version of the first quarter lunar phase.
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About First Quarter Moon Face 🌛
The First Quarter Moon Face emoji (🌛) is a versatile Unicode character used across all major platforms and devices.
The 🌛 emoji may appear differently across platforms — Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, and other vendors each design their own version. Apple tends toward photorealistic renders, Google uses a rounded, friendly style, and Microsoft often opts for flat, minimalist designs. Despite visual differences, the underlying Unicode character (U+1F31B) ensures the same emoji is sent and received regardless of device. When choosing this emoji for professional communication, be aware that the recipient may see a slightly different design than what you see on your screen.
Common shortcodes for this emoji include `:first_quarter_moon_face:`, which work on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub. This emoji was assigned the Unicode code point U+1F31B and is part of the "Nature" group. Related search terms include moon, face, crescent, night, friendly. To use this emoji in HTML, insert the entity 🌛, or in CSS use content: "\1F31B". For maximum compatibility, always copy the emoji character directly rather than relying on shortcodes, as shortcode support varies by platform.
Technical Details
| Emoji | 🌛 |
| Name | First Quarter Moon Face |
| Unicode | U+1F31B |
| Category | Nature |
| HTML Entity | 🌛 |
| CSS Code | \1F31B |
| Shortcodes | :first_quarter_moon_face: |