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M5.8 solar flare on 2015-03-09
ClassM5.8NOAA report
Peak23:532015-03-09 UTC
Duration43 min
Peak flux5.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 7 / 1407 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 27 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2015
X2.7
X2.2
M9.2
M8.2
M7.9
M6.6
M5.8
M5.6
M5.6
M5.5
M5.1
M4.9
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:22 | 14:33 | 15 | M4.5 | S16E49 | 12297 |
All times UTC. Until June 2017 classes are NOAA's reports of the time (GOES-15 and earlier included a 0.7 scaling factor); later classes come from calibrated GOES-16/18 data, so the same flare reads about 1.4× larger. Do not compare the two periods directly.
← M9.2 2015-03-07M5.1 2015-03-10 →
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A M5.8 flare that began 2015-03-09 23:29 UTC; No. 7 of 1,407 C-class-or-larger flares in 2015.