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. This is because the Japanese name for Sunny Day is simply Clear Sky.

In other languages

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

Variations on the move Moonlight
	Moonlight | Morning Sun | Synthesis

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