A method of measuring an axis angle (φ) of a toric contact lens including a posterior toric central zone having a cylindrical axis, and an anterior lens surface forming a ballast that has an axis of orientation offset from the cylindrical axis at a selected rotational angle, the method comprising: (a) providing anterior and posterior mold sections including respective anterior and posterior mold cavity defining surfaces, wherein the posterior mold cavity defining surface includes a toric central zone and the anterior mold cavity defining surface is shaped to provide the ballast, the mold sections being alignable at multiple rotational positions; (b) providing a detectable feature (42/42a, 35/35a) on each of the anterior and posterior mold sections at a predetermined angular location with respect to the toric and ballast axes thereof, respectively; (c) charging the anterior mold section with a predetermined quantity of a polymerizable lens-forming monomer mixture; (d) rotating the detectable feature of the posterior mold section (35/35a) to a predetermined position relative to the detectable feature (42/42a) of the anterior mold section, wherein the detectable feature (42/42a) of the anterior mold section is a zero reference and wherein the step of rotating the detectable feature of the posterior mold section (35/35a) is carried out after charging the anterior mold section with the predetermined quantity of the polymerizable lens-forming monomer mixture; (e) assembling the anterior and posterior mold sections while maintaining the corresponding rotational position; characterised in (f) measuring the axis angle (φ) between the detectable feature (35/35a) of the posterior mold section relative to the detectable feature (42/42a) of the anterior mold section wherein the step of measuring the axis angle (φ) is carried out prior to curing of the polymerizable lens-forming monomer mixture. (a) providing anterior and posterior mold sections including respective anterior and posterior mold cavity defining surfaces, wherein the posterior mold cavity defining surface includes a toric central zone and the anterior mold cavity defining surface is shaped to provide the ballast, the mold sections being alignable at multiple rotational positions; (b) providing a detectable feature (42/42a, 35/35a) on each of the anterior and posterior mold sections at a predetermined angular location with respect to the toric and ballast axes thereof, respectively; (c) charging the anterior mold section with a predetermined quantity of a polymerizable lens-forming monomer mixture; (d) rotating the detectable feature of the posterior mold section (35/35a) to a predetermined position relative to the detectable feature (42/42a) of the anterior mold section, wherein the detectable feature (42/42a) of the anterior mold section is a zero reference and wherein the step of rotating the detectable feature of the posterior mold section (35/35a) is carried out after charging the anterior mold section with the predetermined quantity of the polymerizable lens-forming monomer mixture; (e) assembling the anterior and posterior mold sections while maintaining the corresponding rotational position; characterised in (f) measuring the axis angle (φ) between the detectable feature (35/35a) of the posterior mold section relative to the detectable feature (42/42a) of the anterior mold section wherein the step of measuring the axis angle (φ) is carried out prior to curing of the polymerizable lens-forming monomer mixture.