Google celebrates April's final half-moon with an interactive doodle game

Indian Express

24-04-2025

Google Doodles, the search giant's temporary creative designs, celebrate special occasions. On April 24, the popular search engine featured a doodle dedicated to April 's last half-moon. The doodle named 'Rise of the Half Moon April' is a thoughtfully created interactive game.
Interestingly, it is not only interactive but also educational, as it prompts the users to play against the moon to test their knowledge of the lunar cycle. The users have to compete with the moon by matching lunar phases. They will also earn points for each right pairing. Last month it came up with March's full moon doodle, titled 'Rise of the Half Moon in March'.
The Purple Moon
The April's Half-moon Google Doodle is a purple-shaded moon with a card game that will let you know more about the lunar cycle. This game has three levels and completing the final level equals victory and rewards.
When you click on the doodle, you'll see an overview of the game before it commences.
Half Moon
As the moon changes its shape in the sky every night, it leads to different moon phases. A half-moon happens when you can see only half of the moon's face lit up by the sun's light.
Google Doodle
When you open the homepage of Google, instead of a plain logo, you see a creative, colourful and animated doodle which is used to celebrate special occasions, birth anniversaries or death anniversaries of important people, festivals and even nature. This special feature of Google is not only creative but also informative. Basically, Google replaces its logo with a doodle for a day to celebrate the occasion or to pay tribute to that person of importance. The first Doodle was published in 1988, and it was named 'Burning Man Festival'.
This is the fourth Google Doodle dedicated to the Moon this year. In January it showcased 'Rise of the Half Moon January', followed by 'Rise of the Half Moon February' and 'Rise of the Half Moon March'.