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M9.0 solar flare on 2024-05-04
ClassM9.0GOES-16 science data
Peak23:482024-05-04 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux9.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 66 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 148 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2024
X8.9
X8.6
X7.0
X5.8
X4.4
X4.4
X3.9
X3.4
X3.3
X3.2
X2.9
X2.8
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:26 | 00:36 | 17 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 06:02 | 06:19 | 27 | M9.1 | – | – | |
| 07:04 | 07:07 | 5 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 18:10 | 18:20 | 14 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 22:23 | 22:37 | 30 | M3.2 | – | – |
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.
← M9.1 2024-05-04M8.4 2024-05-05 →
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A M9.0 flare that began 2024-05-04 23:28 UTC; No. 66 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.