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M7.2 solar flare on 2024-12-29
ClassM7.2GOES-16 science data
Peak15:092024-12-29 UTC
Duration19 min
Peak flux7.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 88 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 20 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:28 | 02:35 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 02:39 | 02:46 | 13 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 03:25 | 03:30 | 14 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 03:56 | 04:05 | 17 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 04:18 | 04:30 | 26 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 05:12 | 05:26 | 19 | M3.2 | – | – | |
| 05:41 | 05:47 | 16 | M3.5 | – | – | |
| 06:48 | 06:59 | – | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 07:08 | 07:17 | 26 | X1.1 | – | – | |
| 10:26 | 10:39 | 27 | M2.7 | – | – | |
| 12:15 | 12:24 | 13 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 12:50 | 12:56 | 8 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 16:56 | 17:08 | 23 | M3.3 | – | – | |
| 17:46 | 17:52 | – | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 17:58 | 18:04 | 9 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 18:27 | 18:41 | 30 | M3.3 | – | – | |
| 20:32 | 20:39 | 13 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 21:42 | 21:53 | – | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 21:57 | 22:06 | 15 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 23:20 | 23:30 | 15 | M1.9 | – | – |
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 M7.2 flare that began 2024-12-29 15:02 UTC; No. 88 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.