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M5.7 solar flare on 2024-05-29
ClassM5.7GOES-16 science data
Peak18:412024-05-29 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux5.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 108 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:57 | 01:06 | 14 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 06:33 | 06:45 | 24 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 11:09 | 11:21 | 16 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 12:45 | 12:55 | 20 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 14:11 | 14:37 | 87 | X1.4 | – | – | |
| 18:15 | 18:28 | – | M2.7 | – | – |
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.
← X1.4 2024-05-29X1.1 2024-05-31 →
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A M5.7 flare that began 2024-05-29 18:32 UTC; No. 108 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.