Moonlight (move)

Moonlight (Japanese: つきのひかり Moonlight) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a move.

Generation II
Moonlight restores the user's current 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 part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move was used in the prior turn.

Generation VI onwards
Moonlight is now a move.

Moonlight can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an three extra appeal points if the move 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.

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Trivia

 * Moonlight is one of the four moves from Generation II to have its type changed in a later Generation, along with, , and.
 * Excluding Curse, all of them were moves that became  moves in Generation VI.

In other languages
Mondschein Luz lunar Rayon Lune Lucelunare つきのひかり 月光（招式）