Sir Alex Ferguson's successor appeared to play down United's chances of winning the competition at the weekend, admitting he does not have the "five or six world-class players" a victorious squad needs.
But ahead of Wednesday's Group A meeting with Shakhtar Donetsk, Moyes argued he would be defaulting on his duties as a United manager if he did not aim for glory in Lisbon next May.
"Of course we'll try to win the Champions League," said the Scot, who has overseen three defeats in his opening six Premier League games as boss.
"That's part of the job at Manchester United and I'll do everything I can to try to make that happen."
Rio Ferdinand has a minor groin injury and did not travel with the United squad, although Moyes was planning to rest the centre-half in any case.
"Rio has a slight groin problem," said the Scot. "It is nothing serious but I was never bringing him anyway."
Anderson, Fabio and Wilfried Zaha were also left in Manchester, but Robin van Persie is fit to start after coming off the bench during Saturday's defeat to West Brom.
"He is fit," said Moyes. "We will make a decision whether we start him or not. He is as good as anybody I have seen. His football common-sense is fantastic and he is a great goalscorer."
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