Clock Face — 4:45 (Quarter To 5) — free printable diagram

What time is 4:45 on a clock?

This clock face shows 4:45 — quarter to five. The hour hand is between the 4 and the 5 and the minute hand points at the 9.

Digital time

4:45

In words

quarter to five

24-hour clock

04:45 (am) or 16:45 (pm)

Minutes past the hour

45

Minutes to the next hour

15

Minute hand

on the 9

Hour hand

between the 4 and the 5

Angle between the hands

127.5°

• The minute hand points at the 9, and every number on a clock face is worth five minutes — so it shows 45 minutes past four.
• The hour hand is between the 4 and the 5, which tells you the hour has started but not finished.
• After half past we count backwards to the next hour, so 4:45 is read as "quarter to five" — 15 minutes still to go until five o'clock.
• 4:45 can be said either way: "quarter to five" or simply "four forty-five".