🌜 Last Quarter Moon Face

A last quarter moon with a human face, as the Man in the Moon. Generally depicts a wide, golden crescent moon with the profile of slightly smiling human face with a nose, facing right.

May be used to represent the moon more generally and saying good night.

See also 🌗 Last Quarter Moon and 🌙 Crescent Moon. Not to be confused with 🌛 First Quarter Moon Face, though their applications may overlap.

WhatsApp’s eyes are looking back. Facebook’s moon is silver but was previously golden; Twitter’s was previously silver. Google’s eyes were previously closed.

Last Quarter Moon Face was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name “Last Quarter Moon with Face” and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.