12 o'clock usually refers the time as shown on a
12-hour clock
The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin , translating to "before midday") and p.m. (from Latin , translating to "after midday"). Each period consists of 12&nb ...
, either
noon
Noon (also known as noontime or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for '' meridiem'', literally 12:00 midday), 12 p.m. (for ''post meridiem'', literally "after midday"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 24-hour cl ...
- 12 o'clock at daytime - or
midnight
Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours.
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- 12 o'clock at nighttime.
12 o'clock may also refer to:
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12-hour clock
The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin , translating to "before midday") and p.m. (from Latin , translating to "after midday"). Each period consists of 12&nb ...
, a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods
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Noon
Noon (also known as noontime or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for '' meridiem'', literally 12:00 midday), 12 p.m. (for ''post meridiem'', literally "after midday"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 24-hour cl ...
, 12 o'clock in the daytime, as opposed to midnight
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Midnight
Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours.
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, the transition time from one day to the next
**The corresponding
clock position
A clock position, or clock bearing, is the direction of an object observed from a vehicle, typically a vessel or an aircraft, relative to the orientation of the vehicle to the observer. The vehicle must be considered to have a front, a back, a l ...
, straight ahead or directly above
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''12 O'Clock'' (film), a 1958 Bollywood film
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''12 'O' Clock'' (film) a 2020 Bollywood film
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12 O'Clock (rapper)
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, a Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and MC
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''12:00'' (Loona EP), 2020
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Twelve O'Clock Point
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, a community in Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
* "12 O'Clock" (in two parts), a song by Vangelis from ''
Heaven and Hell''
See also
* ''
Twelve O'Clock High
''Twelve O'Clock High'' is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King and based on the novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay Jr. It stars Gregory Peck as Brig. General Frank Savage. Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard ...
'', a 1949 American war film about aircrews in the United States Army's Eighth Air Force
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Twelve O'clock Knob (Roanoke County, Virginia)
Twelve O'clock Knob is a mountain located in southwestern Roanoke County, Virginia, directly south of Salem, Virginia. According to local lore, enslaved people in the western Roanoke Valley noted that the Sun was directly over the mountain ...
, a mountain located in southwestern Roanoke County, Virginia
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