U+1F31B · emoji since 2010
The first quarter moon with a face is a half moon smiling sideways. It means nighttime, dreamy moods, and a touch of celestial whimsy.
It marks late nights, sweet dreams, and that calm, magical feeling of the moon keeping you company.
In texting, 🌛 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🌛 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the First Quarter Moon Face emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the first quarter moon face emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🌛 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.