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M5.8 solar flare on 2023-03-06
ClassM5.8GOES-16 science data
Peak02:282023-03-06 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux5.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 31 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2023
X4.9
X2.8
X2.2
X2.0
X1.9
X1.6
X1.4
X1.2
X1.2
X1.1
X1.0
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:57 | 09:12 | 39 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 17:24 | 17:50 | 45 | M1.0 | – | – |
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.
← M5.0 2023-03-05X1.2 2023-03-29 →
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A M5.8 flare that began 2023-03-06 02:08 UTC; No. 31 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.