diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit.py b/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit.py
index a23e87a2d4a..7c4c8c20afa 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit.py
@@ -149,11 +149,26 @@ def from_moments(cls: Type[CIRCUIT_TYPE], *moments: 'cirq.OP_TREE') -> CIRCUIT_T
         """Create a circuit from moment op trees.
 
         Args:
-            *moments: Op tree for each moment.
+            *moments: Op tree for each moment. If an op tree is a moment, it
+                will be included directly in the new circuit. If an op tree is
+                a circuit, it will be frozen, wrapped in a CircuitOperation, and
+                included in its own moment in the new circuit. Otherwise, the
+                op tree will be passed to `cirq.Moment` to create a new moment
+                which is then included in the new circuit. Note that in the
+                latter case we have the normal restriction that operations in a
+                moment must be applied to disjoint sets of qubits.
         """
-        return cls._from_moments(
-            moment if isinstance(moment, Moment) else Moment(moment) for moment in moments
-        )
+        return cls._from_moments(cls._make_moments(moments))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _make_moments(moments: Iterable['cirq.OP_TREE']) -> Iterator['cirq.Moment']:
+        for m in moments:
+            if isinstance(m, Moment):
+                yield m
+            elif isinstance(m, AbstractCircuit):
+                yield Moment(m.freeze().to_op())
+            else:
+                yield Moment(m)
 
     @classmethod
     @abc.abstractmethod
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit_test.py b/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit_test.py
index 222ebe414c4..b8d20ecfc08 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit_test.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/circuit_test.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import sympy
 
 import cirq
-import cirq.testing
 from cirq import circuits
 from cirq import ops
 from cirq.testing.devices import ValidatingTestDevice
@@ -72,19 +71,32 @@ def validate_moment(self, moment):
 
 def test_from_moments():
     a, b, c, d = cirq.LineQubit.range(4)
-    assert cirq.Circuit.from_moments(
+    moment = cirq.Moment(cirq.Z(a), cirq.Z(b))
+    subcircuit = cirq.FrozenCircuit.from_moments(cirq.X(c), cirq.Y(d))
+    circuit = cirq.Circuit.from_moments(
+        moment,
+        subcircuit,
         [cirq.X(a), cirq.Y(b)],
         [cirq.X(c)],
         [],
         cirq.Z(d),
         [cirq.measure(a, b, key='ab'), cirq.measure(c, d, key='cd')],
-    ) == cirq.Circuit(
+    )
+    assert circuit == cirq.Circuit(
+        cirq.Moment(cirq.Z(a), cirq.Z(b)),
+        cirq.Moment(
+            cirq.CircuitOperation(
+                cirq.FrozenCircuit(cirq.Moment(cirq.X(c)), cirq.Moment(cirq.Y(d)))
+            )
+        ),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.X(a), cirq.Y(b)),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.X(c)),
         cirq.Moment(),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.Z(d)),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.measure(a, b, key='ab'), cirq.measure(c, d, key='cd')),
     )
+    assert circuit[0] is moment
+    assert circuit[1].operations[0].circuit is subcircuit
 
 
 def test_alignment():
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/frozen_circuit_test.py b/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/frozen_circuit_test.py
index d41fcb1b0e5..660fac319ca 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/frozen_circuit_test.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/circuits/frozen_circuit_test.py
@@ -24,19 +24,32 @@
 
 def test_from_moments():
     a, b, c, d = cirq.LineQubit.range(4)
-    assert cirq.FrozenCircuit.from_moments(
+    moment = cirq.Moment(cirq.Z(a), cirq.Z(b))
+    subcircuit = cirq.FrozenCircuit.from_moments(cirq.X(c), cirq.Y(d))
+    circuit = cirq.FrozenCircuit.from_moments(
+        moment,
+        subcircuit,
         [cirq.X(a), cirq.Y(b)],
         [cirq.X(c)],
         [],
         cirq.Z(d),
         [cirq.measure(a, b, key='ab'), cirq.measure(c, d, key='cd')],
-    ) == cirq.FrozenCircuit(
+    )
+    assert circuit == cirq.FrozenCircuit(
+        cirq.Moment(cirq.Z(a), cirq.Z(b)),
+        cirq.Moment(
+            cirq.CircuitOperation(
+                cirq.FrozenCircuit(cirq.Moment(cirq.X(c)), cirq.Moment(cirq.Y(d)))
+            )
+        ),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.X(a), cirq.Y(b)),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.X(c)),
         cirq.Moment(),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.Z(d)),
         cirq.Moment(cirq.measure(a, b, key='ab'), cirq.measure(c, d, key='cd')),
     )
+    assert circuit[0] is moment
+    assert circuit[1].operations[0].circuit is subcircuit
 
 
 def test_freeze_and_unfreeze():