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M9.0 solar flare on 2024-12-23
ClassM9.0GOES-16 science data
Peak11:122024-12-23 UTC
Duration9 min
Peak flux9.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 67 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 91 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:10 | 02:31 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 06:24 | 06:29 | 9 | 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.
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A M9.0 flare that began 2024-12-23 11:06 UTC; No. 67 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.