What factors influence a moon's reflectiveness?

I know that moon composition and atmosphere (if it exists) will influence how reflective a moon is, but I was hoping for a fairly exhaustive list of materials that moons are actually made of, how reflective each is, and how it compares to our own moon.

For example, if a moon the size of ours had a surface like Mars, or an atmosphere like Venus, or was made of ice, how reflective would it be compared to the moon? What other things might a moon (not invented material but real ones) be made of and how does this impact brightness?

The goal is to understand how much moonlight there is, or isn't, on a built world if we state that a moon is forested, or ice, or whatever.

I'd like a hard science answer that is also written in laymen's terms so non-science people like me can understand.

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