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M5.0 solar flare on 2023-05-09
ClassM5.0GOES-16 science data
Peak20:522023-05-09 UTC
Duration31 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 46 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 58 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:42 | 03:54 | 22 | M6.5 | – | – | |
| 05:55 | 06:13 | 32 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 10:00 | 10:20 | 32 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 18:20 | 18:58 | 63 | M4.2 | – | – |
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.
← M6.5 2023-05-09M9.6 2023-05-16 →
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A M5.0 flare that began 2023-05-09 20:32 UTC; No. 46 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.