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{{Infobox location
|image=Newmoon Island Pt.png
|image_size=300
|type=land
|location_name=Newmoon Island
|japanese_name=しんげつじま
|translated_name=New Moon Island
|location=Off the west coast of [[Sinnoh]]
|mapdesc=A small, round pond that lies inside a closed-off forest.
|region=Sinnoh
|generation={{Gen|IV}}
}}

'''Newmoon Island''' (Japanese: '''しんげつじま''' ''New Moon Island'') is an island located in northwestern [[Sinnoh]]. It is home to the [[Mythical Pokémon]] {{p|Darkrai}}.

==Geography==
Newmoon Island is a mostly rocky island housing a small grove. The grove contains a [[puddle]] in the shape of a circle, with darker-than-usual water, representing the {{wp|new moon}}. No [[wild Pokémon]] other than {{p|Darkrai}} reside on the island.

To get to the island, the {{player}} must have received the [[Member Card]] at an event; this allows them to enter the {{DL|Canalave City|Harbor Inn|locked inn}} in [[Canalave City]]. Inside, after being put to bed against their will by a mysterious NPC, the player experiences a nightmare and wakes up on Newmoon Island. The player may only leave the island by battling Darkrai in the grove. If the player is defeated, they will return to the most recently visited [[Pokémon Center]] as usual. Otherwise, they will reawaken in the inn, the mysterious NPC having disappeared.

Regardless of the outcome of the player's first encounter with Darkrai, [[Eldritch|Sailor Eldritch]] will subsequently take the player to and from Newmoon Island whenever they like. If the player has yet to catch Darkrai, it will still await them in the grove upon each visit. Alternatively, the player may also re-enter the inn in Canalave City to repeat the nightmare event prior to having caught Darkrai. The player will not be transported back to the inn after battling Darkrai if they traveled to the island via ship.

While nothing of interest remains on the island itself once Darkrai has been caught, it is one of only two entrances to the northwestern portion of [[the Underground]], the other being [[Fullmoon Island]].

==Pokémon==
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{{catch/div|land|Special}}
{{Catch/entry4|491|Darkrai|yes|yes|no|Member|40|all=One|type1=Dark}}
{{Catch/entry4|491|Darkrai|no|no|yes|Member|50|all=One|type1=Dark}}
{{Catch/footer|land}}

==Layout==
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #000; border: 3px solid #{{locationcolor/dark|land}}"
|-
! style="background:#{{locationcolor/light|land}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Version
! style="background:#{{locationcolor/light|land}}" | Exterior
! style="background:#{{locationcolor/light|land}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Interior
|-
! style="background:#{{diamond color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Newmoon Island DP.png|250px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Newmoon Island Darkrai DP.png|250px]]
|-
! style="background:#{{pearl color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Pearl}}
|-
! style="background:#{{platinum color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}
| [[File:Newmoon Island Pt.png|250px]]
| [[File:Newmoon Island Darkrai Pt.png|250px]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="background:#{{locationcolor/light|land}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | &nbsp;
|}

==In the anime==
[[File:Newmoon Island anime.png|thumb|250px|Newmoon Island in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
Newmoon Island briefly appeared in [[JN074]], where a {{OBP|Darkrai|recurring}} was seen there, reacting to [[Team Rocket]]'s attack on {{p|Cresselia}} on the neighboring [[Fullmoon Island]].
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==Trivia==
*Newmoon Island's image on the Town Map is a horizontal mirror image of [[Fullmoon Island]]'s.
*[[The Underground]] can be accessed at any time from Newmoon Island, despite the {{player}} falling under a nightmare and technically being asleep during the [[Member Card]] event.
*Despite it being an outdoor area, the player cannot use the [[Bicycle]] in the exterior portion of Newmoon Island. The same is true for the exterior portion of Fullmoon Island.
*The player cannot use {{m|Fly}}, {{m|Teleport}}, or the [[Escape Rope]] whilst on Newmoon Island. This is likely to prevent them leaving during the nightmare event.
*Due to the [[Surf glitch]] present in the Japanese version of {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, the player is able to reach this area without the Member Card. This problem was fixed in subsequent language releases of the games.
**The much more complex [[tweaking]] glitch allows players to reach this area in international versions of Diamond and Pearl as well. This glitch was fixed in all releases of {{v2|Platinum}}.

==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{locationcolor/light|land}}|bordercolor={{locationcolor/dark|land}}
|zh_cmn=
|fr_eu=Île Nouvellelune
|de=Neumond-Insel
|it=Isola Lunanuova
|ko=신월섬 ''Sin'weol Seom''
|es_eu=Isla Lunanueva}}

==See also==
*[[Fullmoon Island]]

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[[Category:Sinnoh locations]]
[[Category:Diamond and Pearl locations]]
[[Category:Platinum locations]]
[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Event-exclusive locations]]

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