The phenomenon will only reoccur in the next eighteen years.

Citizens were encouraged to see it rising and setting in South African skies, with the moon said to be at its most spectacular during moonrise and moonset.

Its name, naturally, has no reference to its colour, but was called such by the Native American Algonquian tribes in reference to the short strawberry harvesting season that falls around this time of year, according to space.com.

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