New Moon Day

New Moon Day logo

New Moon Day (Japanese: ニュームーンデー New Moon Day) is a monthly in-game event in Pokémon Sleep. A New Moon Day event runs for three days, namely the days before, during, and after a new moon. If a player tracks their sleep during a New Moon Day event, a variety of boosts and effects will take place.

The New Moon Day event is introduced on May 2025, as a counterpart to Good Sleep Day events. New Moon Day is associated with Darkrai, which has an increased appearance rate during the event.

Effects

The following bonuses apply if a player tracks their sleep during a New Moon Day event.[1]

  • Darkrai will have a special appearance rate.
    • Darkrai may be encountered in all areas, regardless of sleep type. It has a chance to appear during the first sleep research of the day, but never during the second sleep research of the day.
    • If Darkrai wasn't encountered during sleep research, its chances of appearing during New Moon Day will increase a little at a time.
  • Increased chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon.
  • Lowers chance of "All Full!" when feeding Pokémon Biscuits during the first snack time of the day.

The following bonuses apply only during the first New Moon Day event on May 26-28, 2025.[1]

  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of your sleep type for that day.
  • Greater appearance rate: Murkrow and Honchkrow.

Event bonuses only apply for sleep sessions tracked during the event. If a player tracks their sleep before the event begins but decides to review it later once the event starts, event bonuses will not be applied. Conversely, if the player tracks their sleep during the event, the player may still receive event bonuses even if they review their sleep after the event has ended.[1]

Event bonuses do not apply to sleep tracking during the tutorial.[1]

In the days leading up to the New Moon Days, there is also a bundle available in the shop that can be purchased for 1,200 Diamonds and contains one Ultra Biscuit, three Great Biscuits, ten Poké Biscuits, and three Friend Incenses.

Event time

A New Moon Day event runs for a total of 72 hours, beginning at 4:00 a.m. local time, which is the time at which a day in Pokémon Sleep starts. New Moon Day events are held on the three days before, during, and after a new moon.[1]

The following is a list of dates on which New Moon Day events have been held; any overlapping events are listed below the dates.

New Moon Day dates
2025
May 26-28[1] June 24-26[2]
July 24-26[3]
Second Anniversary Fest
August 22-24[4]

Gallery

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 新月日 Sānyuht Yaht
Mandarin 新月日 Xīnyuè Rì
French Journée de la nouvelle lune
German Neumondtag
Italian Giorno del novilunio
Korean 뉴 문 데이 New Moon Day
Spanish Día de luna nueva

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 (May 23, 2025). "Event: New Moon Day #1." Pokémon Sleep Official Webpage (archived August 11, 2025).
  2. (June 13, 2025). "Event: New Moon Day #2." Pokémon Sleep Official Webpage (archived August 11, 2025).
  3. (July 11, 2025). "Event: New Moon Day #3." Pokémon Sleep Official Webpage (archived August 11, 2025).
  4. (August 8, 2025). "Event: New Moon Day #4." Pokémon Sleep Official Webpage (archived August 11, 2025).
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