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Yep, put that barlow away for the moment. It increases the magnification of eyepieces. As suggested, start during the day with the highest focal length eyepiece - 20mm? This is lowest magnification. Be careful not to point the scope (or finderscope) at the sun or a bright reflection of the sun. Try to get a very distant object - hill top, tree, Antenna etc. The position your focusser reaches to focus on that will not be too far away from where you focus on the Moon and stars.
This is much easier than the stars at night so you can get a good feel for how the telescope operates in the light of day with things easily seen through the eyepiece. You can also align the finderscope to your view through the telescope much more easily.
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