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| + | [[File:Moon Phases.png|right|frame|The moon, showing its phases (viewed as it sets on the western sky).]] |
| − | [[File:moon.png|right|frame|A full moon.]] | |
| − | The '''Moon''' is a sprite that appears during [[Day/night cycle|night time]].
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| − | The moon illuminates topmost blocks during the night in the same way that the [[sun]] illuminates them in the day, but only illuminates them to a [[Light]] level of four, rather than the sun's fifteen. You can track the moon's and sun's progress using a [[Clock]]. | + | The '''Moon''' is a prominent feature of the night sky. It is a large bright square on the celestial sphere that sits opposite the [[sun]], illuminating the world at a much lower light level that (usually) fends off [[gloom]], but does not prevent hostile mobs. |
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| − | [[Grass]] blocks or [[Saplings]] do not grow in moonlight, however they won't decay in moonlight either.
| + | It is prudent to keep track of the phase of the moon at all times, as it has a number of effects on the world. The moon progresses through its phases at a far quicker rate than its real-life counterpart. Every day has a distinct phase, and a full cycle is completed every 8 days. Over the course of this time period, the nights get progressively darker and then brighter again as a shadow creeps across the moon's surface from north to south. The phase of the moon has a number of effects on the world: |
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| − | ==Phases of the Moon== | + | {| class="wikitable" |
| | + | !Phase |
| | + | !Full<br/>Moon<br/>[[File:Moon Phase Full.png]] |
| | + | !Gibbous<br/>Moon<br/>[[File:Moon Phase Gibbous.png]] |
| | + | !Quarter<br/>Moon<br/>[[File:Moon Phase Quarter.png]] |
| | + | !Crescent<br/>Moon<br/>[[File:Moon Phase Crescent.png]] |
| | + | !New<br/>Moon<br/>[[File:Moon Phase New.png]] |
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| | + | ![[Light|Light level]] |
| | + | | 7 |
| | + | | 6 |
| | + | | 5 |
| | + | | 4 |
| | + | | '''Absolute<br/>darkness''' |
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| | + | ![[Fishing|Fishing rate]]<br/>(compared to day) |
| | + | | '''Significantly<br/>increased''' |
| | + | | Reduced |
| | + | | Reduced |
| | + | | Reduced |
| | + | | Reduced |
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| | + | ![[Slime]] spawns |
| | + | | '''Most''' |
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| | + | | — |
| | + | | Fewest |
| | + | | '''None''' |
| | + | |} |
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| − | [[File:Moon Phases.gif|left|frame|The moon, showing its phases (viewed on the western sky).]]
| + | ==Interaction with Hardcore Spawn== |
| − | The Moon goes through eight [[Wikipedia:Lunar phase|lunar phases]].
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| − | The phases are (in chronological order):
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| − | * Full Moon
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| − | * Waning Gibbous
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| − | * Last Quarter
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| − | * Waning Crescent
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| − | * New Moon
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| − | * Waxing Crescent
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| − | * First Quarter
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| − | * Waxing Gibbous
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| − | This allows the player to keep rough track of the passage of time, even after spending a few game days underground.
| + | The first night in any new world will always be a full moon. However, the same is not true for [[Hardcore Spawn]]s that relocate the player; these merely '''advance'' time to the immediate next morning, and as a result, even your first night after a respawn can be a new moon. A notable effect is that, if you died during the day, then one phase of the moon will appear to be skipped (since time was fast-forwarded through the following night). |
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| − | == Comparison to Real-world Calendars ==
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| − | In the real world, the lunar cycle is 29½ days, which is the basis for our months. However, most real-world calendars are dominated by the longer solar cycle, which produces our year. In Minecraft, the "lunar month" is only eight game days (closer to a week), and there is no trace of a solar cycle. One could certainly build larger calendars by grouping lunar "monthweeks", but any such system is necessarily arbitrary. Then too, animal and crop growth (which drove the development of real-world calendars) takes place in game days, while their real-world equivalents require months or years.
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| − | One Minecraft lunar cycle takes 2 hours 40 minutes of play time and three lunar cycles take 8 hours of playtime. This means there are 9 lunar cycles (about 9/12 of a year of time in real life) in one standard day.
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| − | ==Mobs==
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| − | {{Main|Mobs}}
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| − | Hostile [[Mobs]] will spawn around dark areas of a normally generated map. When the moon is up, hostile [[Skeleton]], [[Creeper]], [[Zombie]], [[Endermen]] and [[Spider]] mobs will appear and attack the player. When the sun comes back up [[Skeleton]] and [[Zombies]] will burn in the sunlight and drop items after death. [[Spiders]] will not burn in daylight, but instead become neutral during the day, only to become hostile again if attacked, when it is night, or when it falls into a dark area. [[Endermen]] will not burn in daylight, but hostile Enderman will become neutral during the day, only to become hostile again if attacked or looked upon, but will instantly teleport away and become neutral again if the [[Player]] approaches them. Creeper and [[Slime]] mobs do not burn, and will remain hostile during the day (See also: [[Difficulty|Difficulty level]])
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| − | ==Stars==
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| − | Together with the moon, the night sky also consists of stars.
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| − | In current versions, the stars appear as bright points, and the starfield rotates as the night progresses.
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| − | ==History==
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| − | {{History|b}}
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| − | {{History||1.9pre4|Added eight lunar phases to the moon.|The moon is now round.}}
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| − | {{History||1.9pre6|Moon is reverted back to original square form and lunar phases converted to square form.
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| − | |Moon now rises in the east.}}
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| − | {{History|r}}
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| − | {{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Updated stars texture. They are now smaller and brighter.}}
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| − | {{History|foot}}
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| | ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| − | * Night time lasts 7 minutes, plus 1.5 minutes each of sunrising and sunsetting.
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| − | * The Moon and Sun are not visible while using the Short or Tiny render distance settings.
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| − | * In early Minecraft versions, the ''Minecraft'' [[sun]] and moon actually rose in the north, not in the east.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/status/88155424880201728</ref> This was a bug, but was left in the game for some time.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/status/115331778968944640</ref> It was changed in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 4, so that now the sun and moon now rise in the east.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/statuses/124414532847284224</ref>
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| − | * The ''Minecraft'' Moon is rotated 90 degrees. It appears to be lit from a source in the north or south, whereas it should be lit from the east or west.
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| − | * The ''Minecraft'' Moon is fixed in the Sky relative to the sun and stars. Earth's Sun and Moon move more slowly against the stars, and the Moon moves more slowly than the sun.
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| − | ** ''Minecraft'' cannot have eclipses due to the above.
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| − | ** The ''Minecraft'' Moon can only be seen at night (unlike the real Moon), unless you are quite high above the ground.
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| − | *If a player is viewing themselves from the front in third person, during moonrise, the moon will appear red.
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| − | * The shadow on the moon appears to be a pixelated circle. This suggests that the moon is round, despite its square outline.
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| − | == Gallery ==
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| − | <gallery>
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| − | File:Stars.png|The old, larger stars.
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| − | File:NewStars.png|The current look of stars, much smaller than before, beside the moon.
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| − | File:Moon Phases.png|The separate moon phases in Minecraft Beta 1.9 Pre-release 5.
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| − | File:Moon Phases dev1.png|The separate moon phases in Minecraft.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/status/131408724043628544</ref>
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | == References ==
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| − | {{Environment}}
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| − | [[Category:Environment]] | + | * [[Wolf|Wolves]] howl more frequently on a Full Moon. |
| | + | * One can tell apart a waxing moon from a waning moon by observing the side of the shadow, which creeps from north to south along the moon's surface. |
| | + | * Though the composition of the moon is a hotly-debated topic, most can agree that it is probably not safe to eat. |
The moon, showing its phases (viewed as it sets on the western sky).
The Moon is a prominent feature of the night sky. It is a large bright square on the celestial sphere that sits opposite the sun, illuminating the world at a much lower light level that (usually) fends off gloom, but does not prevent hostile mobs.
It is prudent to keep track of the phase of the moon at all times, as it has a number of effects on the world. The moon progresses through its phases at a far quicker rate than its real-life counterpart. Every day has a distinct phase, and a full cycle is completed every 8 days. Over the course of this time period, the nights get progressively darker and then brighter again as a shadow creeps across the moon's surface from north to south. The phase of the moon has a number of effects on the world:
| Phase
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Full
Moon
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Gibbous
Moon
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Quarter
Moon
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Crescent
Moon
|
New
Moon
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| Light level
|
7
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6
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5
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4
|
Absolute
darkness
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Fishing rate
(compared to day)
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Significantly
increased
|
Reduced
|
Reduced
|
Reduced
|
Reduced
|
| Slime spawns
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Most
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—
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—
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Fewest
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None
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Interaction with Hardcore Spawn
The first night in any new world will always be a full moon. However, the same is not true for Hardcore Spawns that relocate the player; these merely 'advance time to the immediate next morning, and as a result, even your first night after a respawn can be a new moon. A notable effect is that, if you died during the day, then one phase of the moon will appear to be skipped (since time was fast-forwarded through the following night).
Trivia
- Wolves howl more frequently on a Full Moon.
- One can tell apart a waxing moon from a waning moon by observing the side of the shadow, which creeps from north to south along the moon's surface.
- Though the composition of the moon is a hotly-debated topic, most can agree that it is probably not safe to eat.
