Crescent Moon

Unicode: 1F318

Unicode: 1F312

Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waning (decreasing in size) crescent (name of shape), heading towards a new moon

Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waxing (increasing) crescent (shape), heading towards a full moon

Unicode: 1F31B

Unicode: 1F31C

Illustration of a waning gibbous moon

Illustration of stratocumulus clouds, belonging to a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves. Weak convective currents create shallow cloud layers because of drier, stable air above preventing continued vertical development. Vast areas of subtropical and polar oceans are covered with massive sheets of stratocumuli