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U+263E, ☾
LAST QUARTER MOON

[U+263D]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+263F]

Translingual

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Use of ☽ for Monday, between the sun and moon hands on the calendar dial of this 16th-century clock-calendar.
The 1833 US Nautical Almanac uses the crescent symbols both for the quarter moon phases (top left) and as generic symbols for the moon (right).

Alternative forms

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  • (for all senses but [4]), rarely 🌙︎. In the medieval Marcianus graecus 299 manuscript, ☾ is silver and ☽ quicksilver.

Etymology

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The lunar crescent is an ancient symbol for the moon.[1] Its orientation varies between increscent and decrescent.

Symbol

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  1. Night; nighttime; evening; twilight; darkness.
  2. Sleep; rest; bedtime.
  3. (astronomy, astrology) The Moon.
  4. (astronomy, rare) A natural satellite.
  5. (astronomy, astrology, rare) The last quarter of the Moon.
    Synonym: 🌗
  6. Synonym of (Islam).
  7. (figurative) Menstruation.
  8. (figurative) Change; transformation; transition.
  9. (graphical user interface, signage) Do not disturb; quiet.
  10. (graphical user interface, computing) Sleep mode; off.
  11. (graphical user interface) Night mode: a colour scheme with light text on a dark background.
  12. (alchemy) Silver.
    Synonym: 🜛
  13. (rare) Monday
    Refers to the Latin phrase dies Lunae, which literally means "Moon's day".

Derived terms

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  • (astronomy): Mlunar mass (as a unit of measurement for astronomical bodies; more commonly ML).
Rlunar radius (as a unit of measurement; more commonly RL).
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Planetary symbols
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References

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  1. ^ Jones, Alexander (1999) Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus, →ISBN, pages 62–63

English

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Alternative forms

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Symbol

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  1. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) (alchemy) silver
    • 1650, Paracelsus, “Of the Nature of Things”, in John French, transl., A New Light of Alchymie, page 74:
      Firſt of all bring Copper with ☿ ſublimate, and fixt Arſenick to bee white, yea as white as , then beat it ſmall.

Latin

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Noun

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☾a f (genitive ☾ae); first declension

  1. (alchemy) Abbreviation of luna.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ☾a ☾ae
genitive ☾ae ☾ārum
dative ☾ae ☾īs
accusative ☾am ☾ās
ablative ☾ā ☾īs
vocative ☾a ☾ae

Derived terms

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