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Very rarely will you ever be completely confined inside a group of 4 frets, where each finger aligns easily to juxtaposed frets. You'll often have to break such a fingering "box" to perform '''stretches''' such as belowwhere a finger reaches a higher or lower fret than usual:
--5--7--9--
E-5-7-9---------------------------
''Are we in 5th, 6th, or 7th position? '' Or are we switching as we change from the 6th to 5th and 3rd to 2nd strings? Trying to specify position ''strictly '' can get confusing. I don't like thinking in terms of position. ''I find most instruction overemphasizes the concept of position'' for beginners, feeding them examples where there are coincidentally no stretches, and the index finger is on the same fret for all strings. As your infant mind grasps to the concept of position, it becomes awkward to play and understand patterns that completely break the concept.
So my recommendation is to ''take the concept of position lightly''. I would call the above example 6th position on the basis that your index finger is ''mostly'' fretting the 6th fret. I find no persuasive reason to say anything further on the matter - it's clear to the player that it's not strictly 6th position, given the 6th and 2nd strings. Playing the -7-9-10- on the B string with your middle, ring, and pinky fingers will be difficult and awkward. There is no good reason not to shift positions one fret.