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Translingual
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).
☽ (for all senses but ), rarely 🌙 ︎. In the medieval Marcianus graecus 299 manuscript, ☾ is silver and ☽ quicksilver.
Etymology
The lunar crescent is an ancient symbol for the moon.[ 1]
Its orientation varies between increscent and decrescent.
Symbol
☾
Night ; nighttime ; evening ; twilight ; darkness .
Sleep ; rest ; bedtime .
( astronomy , astrology ) The Moon .
( astronomy , rare ) A natural satellite .
( astronomy , astrology , rare ) The last quarter of the Moon.
Synonym: 🌗
Synonym of ☪ ( “ Islam ” ) .
( figurative ) Menstruation .
( figurative ) Change ; transformation ; transition .
( graphical user interface , signage ) Do not disturb ; quiet .
( graphical user interface , computing ) Sleep mode ; off .
( graphical user interface ) Night mode : a colour scheme with light text on a dark background .
( alchemy ) Silver .
Synonym: 🜛
( rare ) Monday
Refers to the Latin phrase dies Lunae , which literally means "Moon 's day".
Derived terms
( astronomy ) : M ☾ – lunar mass (as a unit of measurement for astronomical bodies; more commonly M L ).
R ☾ – lunar radius (as a unit of measurement; more commonly R L ).
( alchemy ) : ☾⃞ (silver leaf , silver foil)
Gallery
Late Classical and Medieval form
A ms form from ca. 1750
A decorative variant in the Netherlands
As a symbol for silver
An abstract variant
Symbol on a silver background
Planetary symbols
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References
^ Jones, Alexander (1999 ) Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus , →ISBN , pages 62–63
English
Symbol
☾
( 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
Noun
☾a f (genitive ☾ae ) ; first declension
( alchemy ) Abbreviation of luna .
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms