Moon phase

0	1	2	3
Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent
4	5	6	7
New Moon	Waxing Crescent	First Quarter	Waxing Gibbous

"Moon" redirects here. For other uses, see Moon (disambiguation).

For the general cycle of time in Terraria, see Day and night cycle.

The moon in Terraria moves through a cycle of eight different phases, with the next phase in the cycle appearing each night. The current phase is indicated by the amount of the moon that is visible during the night. The phase of the moon affects many things, some being the shop inventory of certain NPCs, certain enemy spawn rates, and the player's Fishing Power.

It takes eight in-game nights for the moon to move through all of its phases. The cycle begins with the full moon upon world creation, where the entire circular moon is visible, and four nights later, after three waning phases, reaches the new moon, where no moon is visible. Another four nights later, after three waxing phases, the cycle ends with the return of the full moon.

Each moon phase starts at dawn (4:30 AM) and lasts until the next dawn. Therefore, a moon phase also encompasses the day preceding the night of that moon phase. This is important because most phase-dependent content and effects are not limited to nighttime.

The current moon phase can be determined using the Sextant, an informational accessory which can be obtained from the Angler NPC as a fishing quest reward, or any of its upgrades.

A Blood Moon can occur during any moon phase except for a new moon. A Pumpkin Moon or Frost Moon can be summoned by the player on any night.

Phase-dependent content

The following tables detail items and occurrences that depend on particular moon phases. They refer to both the day and the night of the stated moon phase, unless not applicable or noted otherwise.

General effects

	Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent	New Moon	Waxing Crescent	First Quarter	Waxing Gibbous
Fishing Power	+10%	+5%		−5%	−10%	−5%		+5%
Surface	Deathweed blooms(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)				Higher spawn rates: Demon Eyes Wandering Eyes(HM) Wraiths(HM) Fireflies Lightning Bugs(HM) Fairies(from Fallen Logs)
	Werewolves spawn (HM)
	Higher spawn rates: Fairies(from Fallen Logs)
Luminite Brick Shimmer Trans­mutations	Heavenforge Brick	Lunar Rust Brick	Astra Brick	Dark Celestial Brick	Mercury Brick	Star Royale Brick	Cryocore Brick	Cosmic Ember Brick

Items for sale

	Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent	New Moon	Waxing Crescent	First Quarter	Waxing Gibbous
Dye Trader	Negative Dye Shadow Dye
Painter	First Encounter		Good Morning		Underground Reward		Through the Window
Steampunker	Steampunk set				Jetpack
Mechanic		Mechanic's Rod(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Mechanic's Rod		Mechanic's Rod(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Mechanic's Rod(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Clothier	Plumber's setWhite Tuxedo	The Doctor's set	Tam O' Shanter(HM)	Blue Graduation set(HM)	Princess set(HM)	Maroon Graduation set(HM)	Cowboy set(HM)	Black Graduation set(HM)
Stylist		Time Hair Dye		Time Hair Dye		Time Hair Dye		Time Hair Dye
Zoologist (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	The Werewolf
	Dog set		Fox set		Lizard set		Bunny set
Dryad	Potted Forest Cedar(HM)		Potted Forest Tree(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Forest Palm(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Forest Bamboo(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
	Potted Jungle Cedar(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Jungle Tree(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Jungle Palm(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Jungle Bamboo(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
	Potted Hallow Cedar(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Hallow Tree(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Hallow Palm(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)		Potted Hallow Bamboo(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Golfer (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	The Rolling Greens		Study of a Ball at Rest		Fore!		The Duplicity of Reflections
Skeleton Merchant (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wooden Boomerang(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Umbrella(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wand of Sparking(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Magic Dagger(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Step Stool(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Aglet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Climbing Claws(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Guide to Plant Fiber Cordage(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Radar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion Healing Potion(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion Healing Potion(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion Healing Potion(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion Healing Potion(HM)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
	Blue Counterweight	Red Counterweight	Purple Counterweight	Green Counterweight	Blue Counterweight	Red Counterweight	Purple Counterweight	Green Counterweight
	Bone Arrow		Wooden Arrow		Bone Arrow		Wooden Arrow
	Gradient(HM)				Format:C(HM)
	Magic Lantern Spelunker Glowstick Spelunker Flare	Glowstick
				Artisan Loaf
	Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent	New Moon	Waxing Crescent	First Quarter	Waxing Gibbous

Notes

Moon styles

• 

  Normal

• 

  Yellow

• 

  Ringed

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Mythril

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bright blue

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Green

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Pink

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Orange

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Purple

• 

  Frost (event)

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  Pumpkin (event)

• 

  (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Smiley (special)

• There are (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) nine / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) three different standard styles of the moon. When a world is generated, one random standard moon style is assigned to it. There are also two event-exclusive styles that only appear during Frost and Pumpkin Moon, respectively.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) There is another special "smiley" moon style, resembling a smiley face, which is only visible when a drunk world or Get fixed boi world is being generated.
  • (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The standard style of the moon can be changed by using the Moon Globe.
• If there is a Frost Moon or a Pumpkin Moon when it is not a full moon, the sprite on the moon will appear in its proper phase, but with the sprite cut to match the size.
• The moon will cycle through phases on the title screen. This is easiest to see by dragging it.

Tips

• If the player does not have access to a Sextant(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), the current moon quarter can be determined by seeing which painting the Painter has for sale, or, in Hardmode, which set of clothes the Clothier has for sale.

Trivia

• The phases shown suggest that the Terraria map is set on its world's northern hemisphere: The intermediate phases have their circular side on the right for waxing phases, and the left for waning phases.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Added several new moon appearances.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added Skeleton Merchant and White Tuxedo set.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed bug where spawn rates would increase underground when a moon event is happening.

• Desktop 1.2: Changed the appearance of the moon, added two extra appearances. All three are chosen at random for a new world.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.