Systems and methods for controlling the position of a moving light fixture

A moving light fixture, e.g. for use in a theatre, studio etc., includes a housing, light sources, e.g. LED, incandescent, at least one stepper motor, a magnetic position encoder, and an electronic controller. The stepper motor rotates the housing about an axis. The magnetic position encoder is configured to transmit a position signal indicating an angular position of the housing. The electronic controller determines the angular position of the housing based on the position signal. The electronic controller also determines a full step of the stepper motor based on the angular position of the housing, and optionally a micro step of the stepper motor. The electronic controller also determines a current position of the moving light fixture based on the full step and the micro step. The electronic controller drives the stepper motor to move the moving light fixture from the current position to a target position. The light fixture may have first and second stepper motors controlled to rotate the housing about first and second axes of rotation.