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Improve the Moon

Right now, all the moon does in the sky is change phases, without moving in the sky or serving any real function besides looking pretty. I have some changes I feel should be made.

  1. Moonlight. Moonlight be a natural source of light for the nighttime. During a full moon, the light in the sky should be equivalent to the night sky at Bright brightness (which most people play on), whereas a new moon should be equivalent to the night at Moody.
  2. Improved Phases. The Moon should move as it goes through its phases; a full moon will be directly behind the sun, gibbous 3/4 behind, half-moons half, and crescent moons quarter. Thus, the moon may be visible in the morning sky, with nothing to light up the night. This means more hostile mobs will spawn, and you will need more torches to keep them away.
  3. Eclipses. Every 28 Minecraft days, there should be a Lunar Eclipse, in which the moon turns a blood red. Partial Solar Eclipses can lower the light level negligibly, and are half as common as Lunar Eclipses. Total Solar Eclipses are much rarer, occurring every 364 Minecraft days, and will lower the light level to slightly above that of a full moon. Endermen spawn more frequently during eclipses, making them ample times to get some of those precious Ender Pearls.
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    I reckon the night during a new moon could be darker than moody brightness in my opinion, not quite as dark as the nights in alpha though (although they were beautiful) but darker than moody as I always play with moody lighting and it doesn’t seem dark enough at night personally, there’s isn’t that sense of surprise from a mob in the darkness currently and I’d like to see that return. I do like your ideas though but yeah, I think nights with a new moon should be even darker.

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    If this were implimented, why not add a dynamic moon that moves separate to the skybox? The newest updates in Minecraft are aiming to bring up to date that that has not been updated, and this includes the skybox. Great idea!

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    We need the moon to move independently of the skybox. That would create so much potential for better atmospherics!

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    I think that the total solar eclipses should not lower the light level enough for monsters to spawn (Endermen should still spawn) so that you can admire the eclipse, and Villagers should gather to the meeting point to also admire it by staring at it.