Summary
The moon has been represented by various symbols since antiquity. Unicode has encoded many of these symbols, mainly in the Miscellaneous Symbols, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, and Alchemical Symbols blocks.
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These symbols depict the moon in different states of its visibility from the Earth, such as crescent, full disk, and darkening.
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Additionally, moon symbols can be typed on a keyboard using the Shift States or Character Map techniques, or using the Character Palette or Unicode Hex codes.
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Summary
Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs, and observational events in European astronomy. The earliest forms of these symbols appear in Greek papyrus texts of late antiquity, and new symbols have been invented to represent many planets and minor planets discovered in the 18th to the 21st centuries. Unicode has encoded many of these symbols, mainly in the Miscellaneous Symbols, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, and Alchemical Symbols blocks.
Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia
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Unicode icons depict our satellite in different states of its visibility from the Earth. When only the edge of the moon is lit, itโs called the crescent . Over time, it grows and turns into a full disk, and then darkens again.
Moon symbols ๐ ๐ ๐ โพ โธ - Unicode Character Table
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The crescent moon symbol is one of the oldest symbols known to humanity, appearing on Akkadian seals as early as 2300 BC. It can be used to type moon emojis on a keyboard, using the Shift States or Character Map techniques, or using the Character Palette or Unicode Hex codes. Additionally, HTML and JavaScript entities can be used to include moon symbols in a string.
โชโพโฉโฝ๐๐๐ Emoji Moon Symbol (text emoticon copy and paste)
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First Quarter Moon was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name โFirst Quarter Moon Symbolโ and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
๐ First Quarter Moon Symbol Emoji
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Full Moon was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name โFull Moon Symbolโ and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
๐ Full Moon Symbol Emoji
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