The present invention provides a surgical tool, for aligning a toric intraocular lens with an axis of corneal astigmatism of a patient, including: a lower surface (6) adapted to abut a patients eye an upper surface (1) showing angle markings (4, 10, 11) a finger engagement surface (5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) having a height of at least about 0.5 cm, adapted to be held by fingers of a surgeon when using the surgical tool and eye viewing means (3) through which the patients eye can be viewed wherein said angle markings (4, 10, 11) are positioned so that, when said lower surface abuts a patients eye, the angle markings are adapted to be located substantially about the limbus of said patients eye and no more than about 0.3 cm above said limbus.
