Moonlight

For the episode with a same name from Pokémon: Twilight Wings, see Moonlight.

Moonlight

つきのひかり

Generation:	II

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	5, max: 8
Affects:	User
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	No
Snatch:	Yes
Mirror Move:	No
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	0

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Moonlight is a Fairy-type move introduced in Generation III. Moonlight is similar to Morning Sun. Before Generation VI, it was a Normal-type move.

Effect[]

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

Contests[]

The appeal's quality varies depending on its timing.

Super Contests[]

Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Learnset[]

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Clefairy	Normal	43
Oddish	Grass/Poison	32
Gloom	Grass/Poison	34
Umbreon	Dark	52

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Exeggcute	Grass/Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom

By Event[]

Pokémon	type	Obtained in
By Event'
Nidoran♀ (Lv 5)	Poison	New York City Pokémon Center
Sneasel (Lv 5)	Dark/Ice	New York City Pokémon Center

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Clefairy	Normal	37
Oddish	Grass/Poison	32
Gloom	Grass/Poison	35
Umbreon	Dark	52
Dustox	Bug/Poison	20
Volbeat	Bug	13
Illumise	Bug	13

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Exeggcute	Grass/Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sableye	Dark/Ghost	Volbeat

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Clefairy	Normal	37
Oddish	Grass/Poison	33
Gloom	Grass/Poison	41
Umbreon	Dark	71
Dustox	Bug/Poison	20
Volbeat	Bug	13
Illumise	Bug	13
Cresselia	Psychic	57

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Exeggcute	Grass/Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sableye	Dark/Ghost	Volbeat

Generation V[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Clefairy	Normal	40
Oddish	Grass/Poison	33
Gloom	Grass/Poison	41
Umbreon	Dark	71
Dustox	Bug/Poison	20
Volbeat	Bug	13
Illumise	Bug	13
Cresselia	Psychic	57
Munna	Psychic	17

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Exeggcute	Grass/Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sableye	Dark/Ghost	Volbeat

Generation VI[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Clefairy	Fairy	43
Oddish	Grass/Poison	33
Gloom	Grass/Poison	41
Umbreon	Dark	33
Dustox	Bug/Poison	20
Volbeat	Bug	13
Illumise	Bug	13
Cresselia	Psychic	??
Munna	Psychic	17
Noivern	Flying/Dragon	1

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Exeggcute	Grass/Psychic	Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sableye	Dark/Ghost	Volbeat

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

v · d · e List of Fairy-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Alluring Voice Aromatic Mist

B	Baby-Doll Eyes

C	Charm Crafty Shield

D	Dazzling Gleam Decorate Disarming Voice Draining Kiss

F	Fairy Lock Fairy Wind Fleur Cannon Floral Healing Flower Shield

G	Geomancy

L	Light of Ruin

M	Magical Torque Misty Explosion Misty Terrain Moonblast Moonlight

N	Nature's Madness

P	Play Rough

S	Sparkly Swirl Spirit Break Springtide Storm Strange Steam Sweet Kiss

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of Normal-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract

B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst

C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut

D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge

E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed

F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice

J	Judgment

K	Karate Chop

L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant

M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack

N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar

O	Odor Sleuth

P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round

S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card

U	Uproar

V	Vise Grip

W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out

Y	Yawn

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation II

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Aeroblast Ancient Power Attract

B	Baton Pass Beat Up Belly Drum Bone Rush

C	Charm Conversion 2 Cotton Spore Cross Chop Crunch Curse

D	Destiny Bond Detect Dragon Breath Dynamic Punch

E	Encore Endure Extreme Speed

F	False Swipe Feint Attack Flail Flame Wheel Foresight Frustration Fury Cutter Future Sight

G	Giga Drain

H	Heal Bell Hidden Power

I	Icy Wind Iron Tail

L	Lock-On

M	Mach Punch Magnitude Mean Look Megahorn Metal Claw Milk Drink Mind Reader Mirror Coat Moonlight Morning Sun Mud-Slap

N	Nightmare

O	Octazooka Outrage

P	Pain Split Perish Song Powder Snow Present Protect Psych Up Pursuit

R	Rain Dance Rapid Spin Return Reversal Rock Smash Rollout

S	Sacred Fire Safeguard Sandstorm Scary Face Shadow Ball Sketch Sleep Talk Sludge Bomb Snore Spark Spider Web Spikes Spite Steel Wing Sunny Day Swagger Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Synthesis

T	Thief Triple Kick Twister

V	Vital Throw

W	Whirlpool

Z	Zap Cannon

See also	Generation I Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation II

Pokémon Wiki

Moonlight

Contents

Effect[]

Contests[]

Super Contests[]

Learnset[]

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

By Event[]

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation V[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation VI[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Gallery[]

Fan Feed