Clock Face — 3:45 (Quarter To 4) — free printable diagram

What time is 3:45 on a clock?

This clock face shows 3:45 — quarter to four. The hour hand is between the 3 and the 4 and the minute hand points at the 9.

Digital time

3:45

In words

quarter to four

24-hour clock

03:45 (am) or 15:45 (pm)

Minutes past the hour

45

Minutes to the next hour

15

Minute hand

on the 9

Hour hand

between the 3 and the 4

Angle between the hands

157.5°

• The minute hand points at the 9, and every number on a clock face is worth five minutes — so it shows 45 minutes past three.
• The hour hand is between the 3 and the 4, which tells you the hour has started but not finished.
• After half past we count backwards to the next hour, so 3:45 is read as "quarter to four" — 15 minutes still to go until four o'clock.
• 3:45 can be said either way: "quarter to four" or simply "three forty-five".