It points to three or 3
at 4
22.5 degrees
Quarter to 10.
twelvtey
Oh, dude, quarter past 9? That's like 9:15. You know, when the big hand is on the 3 and the little hand is on the 9? Yeah, that's when you're officially 15 minutes into not caring about being on time.
at 4
22.5 degrees
Quarter to 10.
The little hand is on the 9 and the big hand is on the 3. 9:15
twelvtey
Oh, dude, quarter past 9? That's like 9:15. You know, when the big hand is on the 3 and the little hand is on the 9? Yeah, that's when you're officially 15 minutes into not caring about being on time.
Half past six. (The small hand cannot be almost on 7, if you want to usehalf past, but in the middle of the distance between 6 and seven. If it is really almost on 7, it is quarter to seven.)
4:45 ; Quarter to 5 5:15 ; Quarter past 5
A quarter past two!
Quarter past 12 !
Both are accepted, but "a quarter after" is preferred in formal writing.
Quarter past is an expression 15 minutes past the current hour. Each quarter of an hour is 15 minutes. So quarter past 10 is equal to 10:15.