The moon filled the whole heavens in front of them almost from zenith to nadir.
astronomy
от зенита до надира
От точки прямо над наблюдателем до точки прямо под ним; обозначает очень большую вертикальную протяжённость.
A Honeymoon in Space
A Honeymoon in Space is a 1901 novel by George Griffith. It was originally serialized in abridged form in Pearson's Magazine in 1900 under the title Stories of Other Worlds. The scientific romance story depicts a tour of the Solar System, a type of story that was in vogue at the time.