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A crescent opening to the left, marking the waxing half moon.
Also known as: First quarter moon
The Moon one quarter of the way through its cycle, lit on one side and growing. In almanacs and calendars the glyph marks the date; in astrology it is also the general symbol for the Moon.
Marks the first quarter of the lunar cycle, when half the visible disc is lit and the Moon is waxing.
Encoded at U+263D in the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block as FIRST QUARTER MOON.
Which way the crescent opens tells you whether the Moon is waxing or waning, and the direction is reversed between the northern and southern hemispheres.
A broad crescent with its points turned to the left, the outer edge a full curve and the inner edge a shallower one.
The two quarters are the same half-lit disc, lit from opposite sides and a fortnight apart.