Descending Node
Descending Node has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ☋
- Unicode
- U+260B
About this symbol
☋ is the descending node, where the Moon’s orbit crosses the Sun’s path going south. Eclipses can only happen near the two nodes, which old astronomy called the dragon’s head ☊ and tail ☋.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- DESCENDING NODE
- Also called
- Alchemical symbol for purify
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Weather and astrological symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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