the origin of the phrase is contested; it is presumably derived from (1) the scaring left on the arm after heroin injection (also called "moon craters"); (2) a corruption of the expression "sling moon rock;" (3) the name of a show featuring an all-female-superhero cast sailor moon (i.e. "heroines").
In reference to the 1996 classic Dumb and Dumber, in which Lloyd Christmas, Jim Carrey, sees the news clipping the the 1969 lunar landing. Christmas then says, "No way. We've landed on the moon!"
Used to describe a moment when a person is completely ignorant of a major event.
Rachel had a Landed on the moon moment when she discovered that best friend had had several children.
"Talk about a Landed on the Moon Moment, I had no idea the U.S. had Invaded Iraq"