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- If you were looking for the Pokémon: Twilight Wings episode with the same name, see TW06.
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Moonlight (Japanese: つきのひかり Moonlight) is a non-damaging Fairy-type move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type move.
Effect
Generation II
Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather and time of day. In morning and day, during no weather it restores ¼ total HP, during harsh sunlight it restores ½ total HP, and during other weather it restores ⅛ total HP. Except in link battles, the move restores twice as much HP at night.
Generations III to V
Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather in the battle. During no weather it restores ½ total HP, during harsh sunlight it restores ⅔ total HP, and during other weather it restores ¼ total HP.
Moonlight can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Sunny Day was used in the previous turn.
Generation VI onward
Moonlight is now a Fairy-type move. When used during strong winds it restores ½ total HP.
Moonlight can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an three extra appeal points if the move Sunny Day was used in the prior turn.
If powered up by a Fairium Z into Z-Moonlight, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0035 | Fairy | 43 | 37 | 37 | 40BW 43B2W2 |
43 | 43SMUSUM | 24 | |||||
0036 | Fairy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0043 | |
Grass | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33XY 27ORAS |
27SMUSUM | 36 | ||||
0044 | |
Grass | 35 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 41XY 29ORAS |
29SMUSUM | 44 | ||||
0045 | |
Grass | 1 | ||||||||||
0182 | Grass | 1 | |||||||||||
0197 | Field | 52 | 52 | 71 | 71BW 33B2W2 |
33 | 33 | 30 | |||||
0269 | |
Bug | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20XY 17ORAS |
17 | 17BDSP | |||||
0313 | Bug | Human-Like | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13XY 19ORAS |
19 | 19BDSP | |||||
0314 | Bug | Human-Like | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13XY 19ORAS |
19 | 19BDSP | |||||
0337 | |
Mineral | 1 | ||||||||||
0488 | No Eggs Discovered | 57 | 57 | 1, 57 | 1, 57 | 42 | |||||||
0517 | Field | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | ||||||||
0518 | Field | 1 | |||||||||||
0715 | |
Flying | Dragon | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0755 | |
Grass | 11 | 20 | |||||||||
0756 | |
Grass | 11 | 20 | |||||||||
0792 | |
No Eggs Discovered | 31 | 35 | |||||||||
0800 | No Eggs Discovered | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
800DM | Necrozma
Dusk Mane |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1USUM | 1 | ||||||||
800DW | Necrozma
Dawn Wings |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1USUM | 1 | ||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0102 | |
Grass | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0302 | |
Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Special move
Generation IV
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0035 | ClefairyLv. 8
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Fairy | Pokéwalker - Night Sky's Edge | |||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0337 | |
Mineral | Dream World - Icy Cave | |||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By event
Generation II
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0029 | Monster | Field | New York Pokémon Center | |||
0215 | |
Field | New York Pokémon Center | |||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Moonlight is a move with 12PP that ignores accuracy and evasion checks. It heals all team members on the entire floor for a fixed amount of HP dependent on the current weather: 50 HP under clear weather, 80 HP under sunny weather, 40 HP under cloudy weather, 30 HP under sandstorm, 10 HP under rain and hail, and 1 HP under snow and fog. This move is affected by Taunt and Snatch.
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move now heals 30 HP under cloudy weather, 20 HP under sandstorm and 10 HP under fog.
Pokémon Masters EX
Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description |
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Special | 2 | 2 | — | — | —% | Self | Heals | Restores the user's HP by approximately 50% of its maximum HP. HP is restored by 60% instead when the weather is sunny, and 40% when the weather is rainy or during a hailstorm or a sandstorm. |
Description
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In the anime
Main series
The user heals itself with moonlight. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
A beam of moonlight shines down on Cresselia, causing her body to sparkle and restoring her lost health. | |||
Cresselia (recurring) | A Midsummer Night's Light! | Debut |
Pokémon Evolutions
The user emits multiple sparkling lights to illuminate its surroundings. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
The rings on Umbreon's body glow yellow, and it releases multiple sparkling lights from them. | |||
Zuki's Umbreon | The Show | Debut |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
[show] |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Moonlight is one of the four moves from Generation II to have its type changed in a later generation, the others being Charm, Curse, and Sweet Kiss.
- Excluding Curse, all of them were Normal-type moves that became Fairy-type moves in Generation VI.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Moonlight | ||
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This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games. |
- Moves
- Moves that target the user
- Fairy-type moves
- Beauty moves
- Status moves
- Generation II moves
- Normal-type moves
- Moves that have had their type changed
- Status moves that heal the user immediately
- Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
- Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX