Clock Face — 2:30 (Half Past 2) — free printable diagram

What time is 2:30 on a clock?

This clock face shows 2:30 — half past two. The hour hand is halfway between the 2 and the 3 and the minute hand points at the 6.

Digital time

2:30

In words

half past two

24-hour clock

02:30 (am) or 14:30 (pm)

Minutes past the hour

30

Minutes to the next hour

30

Minute hand

on the 6

Hour hand

halfway between the 2 and the 3

Angle between the hands

105°

• The minute hand points at the 6, and every number on a clock face is worth five minutes — so it shows 30 minutes past two.
• The hour hand is halfway between the 2 and the 3, which tells you the hour has started but not finished.
• The minute hand points straight down at the 6, which is 30 minutes — half of the way round the face, so we say "half past two".
• 2:30 can be said either way: "half past two" or simply "two thirty".