U+23FE

Crescent moon⏾

Crescent moon is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Technical block, listed here under Weather & Nature and Keyboard Keys. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "night", "lunar", "sleep", "dark".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+23FE
Decimal
9214
Hex
0x23FE
Octal
0o21776

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+23FE
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0POWER SLEEP SYMBOL
DecimalBase 109214
HexadecimalBase 160x23FE
OctalBase 80o21776
BinaryBase 20010001111111110
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+2300–U+23FFMiscellaneous Technical
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)⏾
HTML entity (hex)⏾
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\23FE
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%8F%BE

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u23FE
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u23FE
Python\u23FE
Java / C# / Kotlin\u23FE

Byte encodings

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UTF-83 bytesE2 8F BE
UTF-16 (BE)23FE
UTF-32 (BE)000023FE

How to type Crescent moon

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +23FE with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 23FE then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 23FE. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Crescent moon".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 23fe, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: ⏾ in HTML, \23FE in CSS, and \u23FE in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
POWER SLEEP SYMBOL
Block
Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Miscellaneous Technical block: U2300.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Crescent moon symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select ⏾ and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Crescent moon?

Crescent moon is U+23FE (decimal 9214, hexadecimal 0x23FE, octal 0o21776). It lives in the Miscellaneous Technical block (U+2300–U+23FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Crescent moon?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "POWER SLEEP SYMBOL". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Crescent moon?

Use ⏾ or ⏾. In CSS, use content: "\23FE".

How do I type Crescent moon in code?

JavaScript: "\u23FE". Python: "\u23FE". JSON and Java: "\u23FE". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 8F BE.

Is Crescent moon an emoji?

No. Crescent moon is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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