New moons in 2020
The 12 new moons the U.S. Naval Observatory publishes for 2020, each with its Universal Time date and clock time, the same moment read on a UTC+8 clock, and the Wikidata Chinese New Year date its record carries for comparison.
| Date (UT) | Time (UT) | Date (UTC+8) | Time (UTC+8) | Wikidata Chinese New Year date | Days difference | Comparison note | Source file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-24 | 21:42 | 2020-01-25 | 05:42 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-02-23 | 15:32 | 2020-02-23 | 23:32 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-03-24 | 09:28 | 2020-03-24 | 17:28 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-04-23 | 02:26 | 2020-04-23 | 10:26 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-05-22 | 17:39 | 2020-05-23 | 01:39 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-06-21 | 06:41 | 2020-06-21 | 14:41 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-07-20 | 17:33 | 2020-07-21 | 01:33 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-08-19 | 02:42 | 2020-08-19 | 10:42 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-09-17 | 11:00 | 2020-09-17 | 19:00 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-10-16 | 19:31 | 2020-10-17 | 03:31 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-11-15 | 05:07 | 2020-11-15 | 13:07 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
| 2020-12-14 | 16:16 | 2020-12-15 | 00:16 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2020.json |
computed: the published UTC date and time above, read on a UTC+8 clock (China Standard Time); the USNO API publishes UTC and no China-time field
Source and period
Figures on this page are read from these source records: U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department - Dates of Primary Phases of the Moon, 2020 (API record; phase times in Universal Time). The period covered is the 2020 calendar year. Records fetched 2026-10-31.