\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{moments}Values of the moments of the eclipses of HD~5980 used throughout this paper.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{l c c c} \hline \hline & Primary eclipse & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Secondary eclipse} \\ \cline{3-4} & Ingress & Ingress & Egress \\ \hline B$_2$&$.00935 \pm .00026$&$.00832 \pm .00041$&$.00481 \pm .00024$ \\ B$_4$&$.01801 \pm .00048$&$.01542 \pm .00065$&$.00922 \pm .00043$ \\ B$_6$&$.02604 \pm .00067$&$.02164 \pm .00080$&$.01326 \pm .00059$ \\ B$_8$&$.03351 \pm .00083$&$.02721 \pm .00088$&$.01699 \pm .00071$ \\ B$_{10}$&$.04046 \pm .00097$&$.03226 \pm .00094$&$.02044 \pm .00082$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip These values are derived from the light curve prior to the 1994~LBV event. \end{table}