What is 12:00?

12:00 is like when your favorite clock face shows both hands pointing straight up, it's the middle of the day or the middle of the night.

12:00 means "twelve o’clock." Imagine you have a clock with numbers from 1 to 12 around its edge. When both hands, the big one and the little one, are pointing at 12, that’s when it's 12:00.

If it's morning, 12:00 is lunchtime, like when you're eating your favorite sandwich. If it's night, 12:00 is midnight, the time when everyone is fast asleep, and the moon shines bright outside your window.

You can think of 12:00 as a marker that says, “It’s halfway through the day!” Just like when you're halfway done with your favorite toy or game.