
This can help a player in timing a slime hunt in a swamp (see below). The pixels of the first quarter phase moon and waxing gibbous moon presents a more rounded, organic shape than the corresponding waning phase moons that present a more squared-off appearance. The phases of the moon are (in chronological order as they appear in-game): This allows the player to keep rough track of the passage of time, even after spending a few game days underground. The Moon is always opposite of the Sun, but still goes through eight lunar phases, and changes phase at the end of every sunrise. Stars appear as bright points, and the starfield rotates with the moon, rising in the east and descending in the west, as the night progresses. Together with the moon, the night sky also consists of stars. Nighttime can be skipped entirely using a bed, provided there are no monsters nearby. On the other hand, crops continue to grow.

To grow them at night requires the use of light sources such as torches. Grass blocks and saplings do not grow in moonlight, nor do they decay. Players can track the moon's position in the sky using a clock.ĭuring the night, the moon illuminates the surface in the same manner as the sun however, light levels fall to a minimum of four.

Overall, nighttime lasts about 7 minutes (in real-time). As time passes, the moon moves westward across the sky.

Nighttime begins after the sun has fully set in the west and the moon has risen in the east.
