A lens control device that moves a lens in an optical axis direction comprises a stepping motor that drives the lens, a position detection circuit that detects position of the lens in an optical axis direction, a memory that stores data relating to a relationship between rotational position of the stepping motor and detected position of the position detection circuit, and a controller that designates rotational position of the stepping motor based on target information that is input, determines a virtual target rotational position based on a target position corresponding to detected position of the position detection circuit corresponding to the target information that has been input, and, based on the virtual target rotational position, searches for a rotational position that corresponds to the target position, within a range of given rotational positions of the data.