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🌓 Emoji Meaning
The 🌓 First Quarter Moon emoji depicts the moon when it is exactly half illuminated, appearing as a half-circle. Its most popular meanings include:
- Literal meaning: Representing the first quarter phase of the moon, occurring about a week after the new moon.
- Time/Cycles: More generally, can refer to the passage of time, cycles, or the halfway point of something.
- Growth and Development: Symbolic of growth, progress, or being in a transitional phase. It comes after the new moon (beginnings) and before the full moon (culmination).
- Part of a larger whole: Can represent incompleteness, or only seeing a part of the bigger picture.
- Mysticism and Magic: Sometimes used in contexts relating to astrology, witchcraft, or the supernatural. The moon in general holds symbolic weight in these areas.
- Aesthetic: Simply used for its visual appeal in posts, decorations, or next to moon-related content.
While less common, it can also sometimes be used as a more whimsical, crescent moon stand-in, particularly when the specific crescent moon emojis 🌙 (crescent moon) or 🌛 (first quarter moon with face) aren't deemed stylized enough.
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First Quarter Moon Emoji Images
Here is how First Quarter Moon emoji looks like on iPhone, Android, Facebook, Messenger and X:
Sky & Weather Related Emoji
Here is a list of other emojis from the Travel & Places category, Sky & Weather subcategory: