☾ is the Unicode character LAST QUARTER MOON, code point U+263E (decimal 9790) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ☾, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 98 BE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+263E |
| Decimal | 9790 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 BE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 263E |
| UTF-32 | 0000263E |
| HTML decimal | ☾ |
| HTML hex | ☾ |
| CSS | \263E |
| JavaScript | \u263E |
| JSON | \u263E |
| Python | \u263E |
| Python by name | \N{LAST QUARTER MOON} |
| Java, C# | \u263E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{263E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u263E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%98%BE |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LAST QUARTER MOON |
| Code point | U+263E (decimal 9790) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols
- ☶ U+2636 Trigram For Mountain
- ☷ U+2637 Trigram For Earth
- ☸ U+2638 Wheel of dharma
- ☹ U+2639 Frowning face
- ☺ U+263A Smiling face
- ☻ U+263B Black Smiling Face
- ☼ U+263C White Sun With Rays
- ☽ U+263D First Quarter Moon
- ☿ U+263F Mercury
- ♀ U+2640 Female sign
- ♁ U+2641 Earth
- ♂ U+2642 Male sign
- ♃ U+2643 Jupiter
- ♄ U+2644 Saturn
- ♅ U+2645 Uranus
- ♆ U+2646 Neptune
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ☾?
- Use ☾ (decimal) or ☾ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+263E?
- E2 98 BE (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%98%BE.
- How do I write U+263E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u263E. Python: \u263E.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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