In a motor control device, when estimating an initial position of a magnetic pole of a rotor of a motor, a drive circuit continuously or intermittently applies a voltage to a stator winding at each of a plurality of energization angles while sequentially changing the energization angles, and at a voltage value and for an energization time period, the voltage value and the energization time period being set such that the rotor does not rotate. An initial position estimation unit calculates an estimated initial position of the magnetic pole of the rotor based on a phase angle of a trigonometric function curve that approximates a change of a γ-axis current Iγ with respect to each of the energization angles. The trigonometric function curve has a cycle equal to one electrical cycle of the motor.