Waning Gibbous Moon Emoji

What does the Waning Gibbous Moon emoji mean?

Represented by the character 🌖, the Waning Gibbous Moon emoji is classified under Travel & Places. It captures the idea of waning gibbous moon in a single, cross-platform glyph that readers understand at a glance. Under the hood it lives at U+1F316 and debuted in Emoji 1.0 (2015). That code point is what lets you copy and paste it between apps without losing meaning. Whether marking a destination, a mode of transport, or a landmark, this emoji helps readers map the story — it signals where something happens, how someone got there, or what kind of environment is being described. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of waning gibbous moon stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🌖), as an HTML entity (🌖), or as a shortcode (:waning-gibbous-moon:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.

This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for waning gibbous moon — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.

How to use the Waning Gibbous Moon emoji

• In chat: Drop 🌖 into a sentence where you would normally write “waning gibbous moon” to add tone and visual interest.
• On social media: Pair 🌖 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
• In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🌖 or shortcode :waning-gibbous-moon: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.

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