Moon phase

1	2	3	4
Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent
5	6	7	8
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 table details items and occurrences that depend on particular moon phases. It refers to both the day and the night of the stated moon phase, unless not applicable or noted otherwise.

	Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent	New Moon	Waxing Crescent	First Quarter	Waxing Gibbous
General effects
Fishing Power	+10%	+5%		−5%	−10%	−5%		+5%
Surface	Deathweed blooms Werewolves spawn (HM)				Higher spawn rates: Demon Eyes Wandering Eyes (HM) Wraiths (HM) Fireflies Lightning Bugs (HM)
Items for sale
Dryad (During Hardmode)	Potted Forest CedarPotted Jungle Cedar Potted Hallow Cedar		Potted Forest TreePotted Jungle Tree Potted Hallow Tree		Potted Forest PalmPotted Jungle Palm Potted Hallow Palm		Potted Forest BambooPotted Jungle Bamboo Potted Hallow Bamboo
Dye Trader	Negative Dye Shadow Dye
Golfer (Golf Score over 2000)	The Rolling Greens		Study of a Ball at Rest		Fore!		The Duplicity of Reflections
Painter	First Encounter		Good Morning		Underground Reward		Through the Window
Steampunker	Steampunk set				Jetpack
Mechanic		Mechanic's Rod		Mechanic's Rod		Mechanic's Rod		Mechanic's Rod
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	Dog set		Fox set		Lizard set		Bunny set
Skeleton Merchant	Magic Lantern
	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion	Strange Brew	Lesser Healing Potion
	Bone Arrow		Wooden Arrow		Bone Arrow		Wooden Arrow
	Blue Counterweight	Red Counterweight	Purple Counterweight	Green Counterweight	Blue Counterweight	Red Counterweight	Purple Counterweight	Green Counterweight
	Gradient (HM)				Format:C (HM)
	Full Moon	Waning Gibbous	Third Quarter	Waning Crescent	New Moon	Waxing Crescent	First Quarter	Waxing Gibbous

Notes

Moon styles

Normal Yellow Ringed Mythril Bright blue Green Pink Orange Purple Frost Pumpkin Smiley

• There are nine / three different styles of the moon. When a world is generated, one random moon style is assigned to it.
• This can be changed using the Moon Globe (added in 1.4.4, sold by the Zoologist after the Bestiary is 50% complete).
• 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.
• The tenth moon style, resembling a smiley face, is only visible when a drunk world is being generated, in the title screen.

Tips

• If the player does not have access to a Sextant, 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

 PC 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.