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M7.9 solar flare on 2024-05-08
ClassM7.9GOES-16 science data
Peak17:532024-05-08 UTC
Duration27 min
Peak flux7.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 74 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 17 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:38 | 01:41 | 9 | X1.0 | – | – | |
| 02:16 | 02:27 | 19 | M3.4 | – | – | |
| 03:19 | 03:27 | – | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 03:38 | 03:42 | 7 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 04:20 | 04:30 | – | M3.5 | – | – | |
| 04:37 | 05:09 | 55 | X1.0 | – | – | |
| 06:44 | 06:53 | 18 | M7.1 | – | – | |
| 07:29 | 07:41 | 23 | M4.5 | – | – | |
| 09:31 | 09:37 | 10 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 09:43 | 09:48 | 12 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 11:09 | 11:22 | – | M4.1 | – | – | |
| 11:26 | 12:04 | 50 | M8.6 | – | – | |
| 18:14 | 18:36 | 36 | M2.9 | – | – | |
| 19:15 | 19:21 | 13 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 20:27 | 20:34 | 11 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 21:08 | 21:40 | – | X1.0 | – | – | |
| 22:05 | 22:27 | 39 | M9.8 | – | – |
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.
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A M7.9 flare that began 2024-05-08 17:32 UTC; No. 74 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.