Distributor is 270 degrees off?

He was turning clockwise, but just made one attempt and said "won't turn", so I started making things complicated in my head and decided to come home and check FABO! Lol

Stupid question, how would I know if it's on the compression stroke aside from pulling the valve cover? Just harder to turn the crank? Honestly I turned the thing over so many times tonight that it's already become a blur to me.