it is closer to the center
It depends on the mechanism.
At 16:15 on a clock, the hour hand points slightly past the 4, while the minute hand points directly at the 3, indicating 15 minutes past the hour. This time corresponds to 4:15 PM in a 12-hour format. The hour hand is closer to the 4 than to the 5, reflecting that it's still in the fourth hour.
On a clock, 10 to 9 looks like the hour hand pointing slightly before the 9 and the minute hand pointing at the 2, which represents 10 minutes before the hour of 9. This means the time is 8:50. The hour hand is closer to the 9 than to the 8, indicating that it's approaching 9 o'clock.
see you in an hour. Of course it takes more than an hour for the hour hand (the "BIG" hand) and the minute hand (the "LITTLE" hand) to line up but it does happen once each hour. Keep in mind, the hour hand is known as the BIG hand because an hour is bigger than a minute, which is indicated by the LITTLE hand.
Five minutes before midday is 11:55 AM. This is the time just before noon, when the hour hand is still pointing towards 12 but is closer to 11.
It depends on the mechanism.
At 16:15 on a clock, the hour hand points slightly past the 4, while the minute hand points directly at the 3, indicating 15 minutes past the hour. This time corresponds to 4:15 PM in a 12-hour format. The hour hand is closer to the 4 than to the 5, reflecting that it's still in the fourth hour.
If the little hand is on the 1 and the big hand is on the 6, it is 1:30. The little hand represents the hour, which is between 1 and 2, and the big hand represents the minutes, which is at the 6, indicating 30 minutes past the hour.
If we simply imagine the minute hand is on the 6, and the hour hand is on the two, there will be a total of 120 degrees between the minute and the hour hand, 1/3 of the clock is covered between the two hands. However, it is not that simple. Because 30 minutes has travelled, the hour hand will be half way between the 2 and the 3. We know that every hour, the hour hand moves 30 degrees (360 / 12 hours = 30). Therefore, in 30 minutes, it will have travelled 15 degrees. Which means the hour hand is 15 degrees closer to the minute hand. Therefore, the actual angle between the minute and hour hand is actually 105 degrees.
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On a clock, 10 to 9 looks like the hour hand pointing slightly before the 9 and the minute hand pointing at the 2, which represents 10 minutes before the hour of 9. This means the time is 8:50. The hour hand is closer to the 9 than to the 8, indicating that it's approaching 9 o'clock.
The short hand is the hour hand on a clock.
see you in an hour. Of course it takes more than an hour for the hour hand (the "BIG" hand) and the minute hand (the "LITTLE" hand) to line up but it does happen once each hour. Keep in mind, the hour hand is known as the BIG hand because an hour is bigger than a minute, which is indicated by the LITTLE hand.
Five minutes before midday is 11:55 AM. This is the time just before noon, when the hour hand is still pointing towards 12 but is closer to 11.
Any watch hand, whether it be hour, minute, or second, always moves clockwise. In answer to your question: yes.
The purpose of the hour hand on the clock is to tell which hour it is. *
If you point the hour hand of a 12 hour watch in the direction of the sun, a point half way between the hour hand and the shortest distance to the 12 will be South in the Northern Hemisphere. If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, switch the hour hand and the 12 in the above directions and you will be pointing to the North. Of course, this is only a rough guage and is less accurate the closer you are to the Poles or the Equator. Don't forget to set your watch for the correct time zone.