ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Clock position

Imagine that you are holding a big round pizza in front of you. On the pizza, there are numbers written from 1 to 12. Each number represents a different clock position.

A clock position is where the hands on a clock point to show the exact time. The hands on a clock are the long and short sticks that move around as time passes.

For example, let's say it is 3 o'clock. The long stick (called the hour hand) will be pointing at the number 3 on the pizza and the short stick (called the minute hand) will be pointing at the number 12 on the pizza.

If you add all of the numbers on the pizza together, they equal 360 degrees. This means that each clock position is a certain number of degrees around the circle.

So, when you hear someone talk about a clock position, they are talking about the number on the pizza where the hands are pointing to show the time.