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A crescent opening to the right, marking the waning half moon.
Also known as: Last quarter moon
The Moon three quarters through its cycle, lit on the other side and shrinking. It is the mirror of the first quarter, and telling them apart is a matter of which way the crescent opens.
Marks the last quarter of the lunar cycle, when half the visible disc is lit and the Moon is waning.
Encoded at U+263E in the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block as LAST QUARTER MOON.
A broad crescent with its points turned to the right, the outer edge a full curve and the inner edge a shallower one.
Mirror images, a fortnight apart in the same cycle.