Moonlight (move)

Moonlight つきのひかり Moonlight

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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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally 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. Under normal conditions Moonlight will restore ½ of the user's total HP, in sunny conditions the user's HP will be fully restored, and under heavy rain the user's HP will be restored by ¼ of the user's total HP.

Generations III to V

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

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	43			37			37				40
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	32			32			33				33
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	34			35			41				41
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	52			52			71				71
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	no			20			20				20
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug	no			13			13				13
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug	no			13			13				57
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			57				57
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no				17
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 035 ClefairyLv.8 Normal Pokéwalker - Night Sky's Edge 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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 029 Nidoran♀ Poison New York Pokémon Center 215 Sneasel Dark Ice New York Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Umbreon
The user heals itself by using the energy from the moonlight.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Umbreon	The ring on Umbreon's forehead glows and it uses the energy from the moonlight to heal itself.
Karen's Umbreon	The Last Battle XI		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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. This is because the Japanese name for Sunny Day is simply Clear Sky.
  • It should also be noted that the moon reflects sunlight, so it could still work in that regard.
• Unlike Morning Sun, Espeon's signature move in Generation II, Moonlight was not learnable only by Umbreon. However, because of Espeon's association with that move, Moonlight can still be considered Umbreon's equivalent move; indeed they occupy similar positions in each Pokémon's moveset.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Maanlicht French Rayon Lune German Mondschein Greek Φεγγαρόφως Italian Lucelunare Korean 달의불빛 Dal-yi Bulbit Serbian Mesečeva Svetlost Spanish Luz Lunar

Variations of the move Moonlight
Moonlight • Morning Sun • Synthesis

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.