Moonlight (move)

Moonlight つきのひかり Moonlight

The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 The appeal's quality varies depending on its timing.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0 Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Moonlight on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Moonlight on Eevee's Movedex

Moonlight (Japanese: つきのひかり Moonlight) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions and time of day. Normal conditions will restore ½ of the total HP.

Generation III

Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions in the battle. Sunny conditions restore full HP, normal conditions restore ½ HP, and other conditions restore ¼ HP.

Generation IV

Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions in the battle. Sunny conditions restore ⅔ HP, normal conditions restore ½ HP, and other conditions restore ¼ HP.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		43
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	32
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	34
197		Umbreon	Dark		52
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		37
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	32
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	35
197		Umbreon	Dark		52
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	20
313		Volbeat	Bug		13
314		Illumise	Bug		13
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	Volbeat
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		37
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	33
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	41
197		Umbreon	Dark		71
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	20
313		Volbeat	Bug		13
314		Illumise	Bug		13
488		Cresselia	Psychic		57
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	Volbeat
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Trivia

• Even though the recovery move is called "moonlight" signifying that it would recover more HP at night, it actually recovers more HP during intense sunlight brought on by Sunny Day.

In other languages

• French: Rayon Lune
• German: Mondschein
• Italian: Lucelunare
• Spanish: Luz Lunar

Variations on the move Moonlight
	Moonlight | Morning Sun | Synthesis

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