New Moon

This article is about Balance talent. For quest, see  [70] New Moon. For the former Balance druid artifact trait, see [New Moon].

New Moon
New Moon Row 9 Balance druid talent 40 yd range 20 sec recharge 1 sec cast Deals (258.6% of Spell power) Astral damage to the target and empowers New Moon to become Half Moon. Generates 10 Astral Power. Max 3 Charges
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Astral
Recharge	20 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Starlord] or [Starweaver]/ [Rattle the Stars] or [Astral Communion]
Other information
Improvements	[Lunation], [Radiant Moonlight]

New Moon is a Balance druid talent. Casting it activates [Half Moon], and it is activated again after casting [Full Moon].

It is an exclusive choice node with [Fury of Elune].

Notes

This talent is based on the  [Scythe of Elune] artifact ability [New Moon].

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2024-10-29): Damage reduced by 5%.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now generates 6 Astral Power (was 8).
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-24): New Moon, [Half Moon], and [Full Moon] no longer deals increased damage in PvP (was 20%).
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Damage increased by 100%.
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Astral Power generation increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): New Moon, Half Moon, and Full Moon deal 20% increased damage in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 9 Balance talent (was a level 50 Balance talent).
  
• Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29):
  • Now has 20 second recharge (was 25 seconds).
  • New Moon and Half Moon damage increased by 33%.
    
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 50 (was 90).
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.
  

External links

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• WoWDB