Motor control apparatus and image forming apparatus

A motor control apparatus that controls a DC motor (100) includes detection means (110) configured to detect angular speed of the DC motor, a driven member (11) configured to be driven by the DC motor, and control means (200) configured to increase, when starting to drive the DC motor, a control value for controlling driving of the DC motor from a first control value to a second control value at a predetermined increase rate, wherein the control means detects a start-up characteristic of the DC motor when started to be driven based on a detection result of the detection means and corrects the first control value or the increase rate to become closer to a predetermined start-up characteristic according to a result of comparing a detected start-up characteristic and the predetermined start-up characteristic.