There are infinite fractions between any two whole numbers.
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The fraction is 3/5.
The fraction 4/8 is exactly midway between 0 and 1. It's not "closer" to either of them.
Although the infinite rational numbers (those which can be represented as a fraction) are countable and can all be listed, it is impossible to list them in order to find the first one that occurs after 0 - whatever fraction you want to suggest as the first following 0, I can give you a smaller fraction which is between your fraction and 0: all I have to do is add 1 to the denominator.
1/4 is half-way between 0 and 1/2. There are infinitely many other fractions that are also between 0 and 1/2 such as 1/3,1/5, 2/5, 1/6,1/7,2/7,3/7 to name a few.