what is the angle between the hour hand and minute hand in an analog clock?
Fig. 1. Clock at time 4:42; Î¸ is the angle between the hands. Fig. 2. The difference between angles A and B is equal to Î¸. Finding the measure of angle A The minute hand of an analog clock starts the hour at the 12 oâclock position and rotates one complete circle in 60 minutes. Dividing 360Â° by 60 minutes, we obtain 6Â° per minuteâthis tells us that the minute hand rotates 6Â° every minute, Fig. 3. Fig. 3. A shade of color above is 6Â°.