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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
☽ (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.
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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
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