The left side of the moon is lighted around the end of the lunar cycle (last quarter). The moon rises around midnight and sets at noon. Energy decreases, time to make room for something new.
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Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon
First included
The emoji โWaning crescent moonโ was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .