Viewing archive of Tuesday, 18 January 2022 - Sunspot regions
Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
| Sunspot number | New regions | Background flux | Maximum flux | C | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 -40 | 0 | B2.56 | M1.53 | 2 | 1 |
Sunspot regions
Region 12925 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots |
Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 | AXX | S35W97 | |
|
||||
Region 12927 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots |
Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 30 | HSX | S21W52 | |
|
||||
Region 12929 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots |
Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 -4 | 260 -10 | DKO | N07W61 | |
|
||||
Solar flares on this day | ||||
| B4.6 B5.0 C1.2 B4.8 B5.5 M1.5 | ||||
Region 12930 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots |
Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 -2 | 230 60 | DAO | N21W61 | |
|
||||
Solar flares on this day | ||||
| C5.8 | ||||
Region 12932 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots |
Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 -1 | 10 | AXX | N33E19 | |
|
||||
Region 12933 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots |
Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 8 | 80 | CSO | S22W21 | |
|
||||
Solar flares on this day | ||||
| B4.0 | ||||
All times in UTC
Latest news
Monday, 19 January 2026
CME impact! S4 solar radiation storm
Sunday, 18 January 2026
X1.9 solar flare with earth-directed CME
Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Happy New Year! Celebrate with an M7.1 solar flare!
Latest forum messages
Current Farside Activity 345Broad-spectrum aurora pillars 12Incoming & Unnumbered Active Regions 126New satellites - Proba-3, PUNCH, SWFO-L1, GOES-U/19 66Filaments and prominences 474
More topicsSupport SpaceWeatherLive.com!
A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Solar activity or if there is a chance to see the aurora, but with more traffic comes higher costs to keep the servers online. If you like SpaceWeatherLive and want to support the project you can choose a subscription for an ad-free site or consider a donation. With your help we can keep SpaceWeatherLive online!
Space weather facts
| Last X-flare | 2026/01/18 | X1.9 |
| Last M-flare | 2026/01/21 | M3.4 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2026/01/22 | Kp5+ (G1) |
| Spotless days | |
|---|---|
| Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
| Monthly mean Sunspot Number | |
|---|---|
| December 2025 | 124 +32.2 |
| January 2026 | 118.7 -5.3 |
| Last 30 days | 120.4 +5.6 |